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From Grasping to Shaping Reality : Proper Naming in the Statecraft Chapters of the Chunqiu Fanlu
ID Buljan, Ivana (Author)

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Abstract
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.

Language:English
Keywords:titles (ming 名), actualities (shi 實), Chunqiu fanlu, epistemic hiddenness, performativity, cosmology, Austin, Butler
Work type:Article
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:FF - Faculty of Arts
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Publication date:01.09.2025
Number of pages:Str. 279-311
Numbering:Vol. 13, no. 3
PID:20.500.12556/RUL-178294 This link opens in a new window
ISSN:2232-5131
eISSN:2350-4226
DOI:https://doi.org/10.4312/as.2025.13.3.279-311 This link opens in a new window
Publication date in RUL:22.01.2026
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Title:Asian studies
Publisher:Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete, Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete, Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
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Language:Slovenian
Title:Od dojetja do oblikovanja realnosti : primerno imenovanje v poglavjih o voden-ju države v knjigi Chunqiu Fanlu
Abstract:
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.


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