Asian and African Studies XIII, 3 (2009), pp.51–60 51 UDK: 1(510) COPYRIGHT ©: JANA S. ROŠKER Spregledano obličje ženske misli: Mojstrica Sun Buer in binarnost tvornosti (qi) ter duha (shen) Jana S. Rošker ∗ Povzetek Tako kot večina tradicionalnega zgodovinopisja, so tudi zgodovine kitajske miselnosti tako rekoč popolnoma spregledale doprinose ženskih mislecev v razvojne tokove tradicionalne filozofije. V njej je večinoma omenjena samo konfucianka Ban Zhao iz dinastije Han, ki pa se vanjo ni zapisala z nikakršnimi novimi idejami, temveč s svojim vestnim reproduciranjem hierarhično ustrojenega konfucianskega patriarhalizma. Če pobrskamo po virih, ki so ostali pozabljeni in niso našli svojega mesta v kanonih uradnih filozofij, pa naletimo na številne ženske, ki so s svojimi filozofskimi deli precej doprinesle k razvoju tradicionalnih paradigem, zlasti v okviru daoizma. Pričujoči članek se osredotoča na predstavitev ene izmed teh daoističnih mojstric, namreč na daoistično filozofinjo Sun Buer, ki je v svojih delih vzpostavila in razvila novo binarno kategorijo tvornosti in duha. Ključne besede: filozofinje, kitajska filozofija, tvornost, duh Abstract As in most traditional historiography, women's contribution to the development of currents of thought in traditional philosophy has been overlooked in the history of Chinese thought. Only the Confucian Ban Zhao from the Han dinasty is mentioned, who did not contribute any new ideas, but conscientiously reproduced hierarchically structured Confucian patriarchalism. However, investigating forgotten sources which did not find their place in the canons of official philosophy, we come across women who made a significant contribution to the development of traditional paradigms, especially within the frame of Daoism. The present article presents one of these Daoism masters, daoist philosopher Sun Buer, who established and developed a new binary category of creativeness and spirit. Keywords: women philosophers, Chinese philosophy, creativeness, spirit ∗ Jana S. Rošker, PhD, Full professor and the head of the Department of Asian and African Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. EEmail: jana.rosker@guest.arnes.si