15 octobre 2019
dutournier, « Lecture: “Imperiled Destinies: The Daoist Quest for Deliverance in Medieval China” », European Research Centre for Chinese Studies, ID : 10670/1.yn85c0
Peking University, Department of Philosophy and Religion October 16, 2019, 7-9 pm (in Chinese) In this lecture Franciscus Verellen (EFEO) presents his new book Imperiled Destinies (Harvard University Asia Center 2019). Spanning eight centuries, the book examines the evolution of Daoist beliefs about human liability and redemption and procedures for rescuing an ill-starred destiny. The medieval record portrays a world engulfed by evil, where human existence was mortgaged from birth an...