Title

Expansive Vision and Broad Learning: Sensory Epistemology and Descriptive Awareness in The Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Mountains Volume 1-5

Author

Li Sung-jyun

Genre

Article

Pages

61-101

DOI

10.6503/THJCS.202403_54(1).0002

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Language

Chinese

Key words

senses, perception, broad learning, The Classic of Mountains and Seas

Abstract

Previous studies of The Classic of Mountains and Seas have advanced diverse views on the symbolic function of the body as a linguistic symbol with respect to cultural philosophy. However, in terms of the dissemination of myths, theories related to the corporeal senses have been less frequently discussed. From the perspective of the propagation of myths, there has been a relative lack of “sensory” theory based on physical action, making it difficult to deeply understand the cognitive occurrence or transition between the “creator and receiver” in myths as well as the process through which they built a shared consciousness. This study aims to review and re-examine sensory epistemology and awareness in the information systems in The Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Mountains Volume 1-5 from the perspective of cognition. It also makes an effort to shed light on themes such as observation, onomatopoeia and tastes in food and clothing, which reveal the meaning of sensory perception based in human action and subjectivity along with their critical role in the formation of broad learning.