20.500.12556/RUL-178294 From Grasping to Shaping Reality Proper Naming in the Statecraft Chapters of the Chunqiu Fanlu Od dojetja do oblikovanja realnosti primerno imenovanje v poglavjih o voden-ju države v knjigi Chunqiu Fanlu One of the central yet underexplored debates in Han ethics, politics, and administration concerns the relationship between “titles” (ming 名) and “actuality” (shi 實). This debate laid the foundation for China’s bureaucracy and imperial examination system, also influencing modern administrative theory and meritocratic principles. This paper examines the concept of the proper alignment of names and actualities in the Chunqiu fanlu 春秋繁露, specifically focusing on the Statecraft chapters (Chapters 18–22), which discuss governance and political practices. I will explore how this alignment operates within these chapters, focusing on the interplay between language, reality, knowledge, power, and the socio-political order. In particular, I investigate the processual and dynamic nature of naming, framed within a cosmological paradigm. I argue that the act of naming begins with understanding and culminates in shaping reality. I further contend that the authors of the Statecraft chapters identified epistemic hiddenness as a central challenge in the act of naming, but they also proposed solutions to address this issue. Additionally, I highlight the performative role of language in ensuring that names correspond to actualities, asserting that within administrative discourse, language is not merely descriptive but actively shapes and effects change. To illustrate its role as a form of social action, I will link the alignment of names and actualities to contemporary philosophical discourse, particularly the works of John Austin and Judith Butler. Ena osrednjih, vendar premalo raziskanih razprav v etiki, politiki in administraciji dina-stije Han je odnos med imeni (ming名) in dejanskostjo (shi實). Ta razprava je postavila temelje za kitajski sistem administracije in cesarskih izpitov, hkrati pa vpliva tudi na sodobno administrativno teorijo ter meritokratska načela. Članek razišče koncept us-trezne uskladitve imen in dejanskosti v knjigi Chunqiu fanlu春秋繁露, pri čemer se osre-dotoča na poglavja o vodenju države (18.–22.), v katerih je govor o vladanju in političnih praksah. Avtorica razišče, kako tovrstno usklajevanje deluje v okviru teh poglavij, ter se osredotoča na prepletanje jezika, realnosti, znanja, moči in družbeno-političnega reda. Še posebej razišče procesno in dinamično naravo poimenovanja, ki je uokvirjenja v kozmološko paradigmo. Avtorica trdi, da se dejanje poimenovanja začne z dojetjem in doseže vrhunec v oblikovanju realnosti. Nadalje prikaže, da so avtorji poglavij o vodenju države epistemično prikritost identificirali kot osrednji izziv v dejanju poimenovanja, hkrati pa so predlagali tudi rešitve te problematike. Poleg tega avtorica poudarja per-formativno vlogo jezika pri zagotavljanju ustreznosti imen in dejanskosti, pri čemer trdi, da v okviru administrativnih razprav jezik ni le deskriptiven, temveč aktivno oblikuje in vpliva na spremembe. Za ponazoritev njegove vloge v obliki družbenega delovanja av-torica poveže uskladitev imen in dejstev s sodobnim filozofskim diskurzom, zlasti z deli Johna Austina in Judith Butler. titles (ming 名) actualities (shi 實) Chunqiu fanlu epistemic hiddenness performativity cosmology Austin Butler true false false Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-01-22 14:28:36 2026-01-22 14:28:40 2026-01-27 11:52:17 0000-00-00 00:00:00 0 0 0 Str. 279-311 no. 3 Vol. 13 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2025-09-01 2232-5131 2350-4226 https://doi.org/10.4312/as.2025.13.3.279-311 Buljan.pdf Buljan.pdf 1 5981F492AE726F9F4212C9E6C7863761 4fa16d9d8e6ffb7cfcb4dddf77f648a21dec2a795504d55d525dbeaaf7db1248 735ebd13-f796-11f0-a1ba-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=226017 https://journals.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/21662 0 17e3ec34-fb6e-11f0-a1ba-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=226246 Filozofska fakulteta 0 0 0