(2, 2010), 1-27 * * 98 9 29 98 11 26 98 11 27 **
2 (2, 2010) 1 2 (Chad Hansen) 3 4 1 (2003) 2 3 (the anti-language period) (conventional knowledge) (Hansen, 1983: 65-72; 1992: 196-230) 4 (1991: 178-179) 2002
3 5 6 7 8 5 6 7 8 Bo Mou (2000: 429-439)
4 (2, 2010) 9 (ineffable) 10 11 9 (1995: 3) 10 11
5 12 13 14 15 12 13 (1991: 34) : 14 15
6 (2, 2010) 16 17 18 19 16 17 18 19
7 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
8 (2, 2010) 27 28 29 30 31 flexible 32 27 28 29 30 31 32 (T08: 749, b10-11)
9 33 34 35 36 33 34 35 36
10 (2, 2010) 37 37 (1990: 48) (2007: 1-14)
11 38 39 40 38 39 (1998: 131) 40
12 (2, 2010) 41 42 (A) (A B) 43 (B C) (A C) 44 45 41 42 43 44 (transitive law) 45
13 46 47 46 47 (metaphorical)
14 (2, 2010) 48 49 50 51 48 (1993: 252) 49 1998: 256-258 50 51 (1969: 325)
15 52 53 54 52 53 54
16 (2, 2010) 55 56 57 58 59 55 (1992: 272) (Wim, De Reu, 2004: 201) Wim (2006: 281-300) 56 (2003: 139) (paradox) (dialectical paradox) 57 (2003: 339) 58 (2002: 176) 59 (Wim, 2004)
17 60 61 62 63 60 61 (2003: 339-340) (2005: 265) 62 63
18 (2, 2010) 64 65 64 65
19 66 (dynamic) 66
20 (2, 2010) 67 67
21 (good) skillful
22 (2, 2010) 68 69 68 69
23 70 71 70 (paradox) (dialectic) (dilemma) 71
24 (2, 2010)
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27 An Analysis of Laozi s Views on Language from its Skillful Speaking * Kent Lin Abstract By contrast to Linguistic Skepticism or Anti-Language interpretations of Laozi s philosophy of language, this essay shows skillful speaking is also central to Laozi s views on language. In order to examine Laozi s ideas of Dao and language, the opening sentences of Chapter One is analyzed. From these sentences we know that limited language could not express unlimited Dao, and therefore Laozi develops two ways, non-speaking and skillful speaking, to confront this. According to skillful speaking, this skillfulness is usually expressed by a form of dualistic dialectic, and the concrete representative of this dialectic is Laozi s recto word seems verso. We could say that the main characteristic of Laozi s viewpoint of language is his dynamically expressing Dao via the linguistic strategy of dualistic dialectic such as recto word seems verso. Keywords: Dao, Language, skillfully speaking, recto word seems verso, dynamic * Received September 29, 2009; revised November 26, 2009; accepted November 27, 2009. Proofreaders: Yi-Chung Chen. Yi-Jen Tsai. Ya-Ting Yang ** Assistant Professor, Institute of Religion and Culture, Tzu Chi University