Chinese Philosophy: The Essential Writings
Chinese Philosophy: The Essential Writings
Editor/Author
Littlejohn, Ronnie L.
Publication Year: 2017
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
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ISBN: 978-1-78-453293-2
Category: Philosophy
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Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
The author here surveys the key texts and philosophical systems of Chinese thinkers in a completely original and illuminating way. Ranging from the Han dynasty to the present, he discusses the six classical schools of Chinese philosophy (Yin-Yang, Ru, Mo, Ming, Fa and Dao-De); the arrival of Buddhism in China and its distinctive development; the central figures and movements from the end of the Tang dynasty to the introduction into China of Western thought; and the impact of Chinese philosophers ranging from Confucius and Laozi to Tu Weiming on their equivalents in the West.
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Ontology: Questions about the Nature of Reality
- Introduction
- The Formation of the Early Chinese Worldview
- Lao-Zhuang (c.350–139 BCE) Daoist Ontology
- Buddhist Ontologies
- Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucian Views on Reality
- Wang Yangming (1472–1529)
- Shifting Paradigms in Chinese Ontologies
- Epistemology: Questions about the Nature and Scope of Knowledge
- Introduction
- The Mozi and the Later Mohist Debaters (bianshi)
- The Lao-Zhuang Tradition on Knowing the Truth (c.350–139 BCE)
- Mencius and Analogical Argumentation
- Wang Chong (c.27–100 CE): Critical Chinese Philosophy in the Classical Period
- Tiantai Buddhism's Threefold Truth Epistemology
- Wang Yangming (1472–1529): Pure Knowledge
- Zhang Dongsun (1886–1973): Pluralistic Cultural Epistemology
- Value Theory: Questions about the Nature and Application of Morality
- Introduction
- Confucius and the Analects on Self-cultivation and the Exemplary Person (c.500–300 BCE)
- Mohist Moral Philosophy (c.470–391 BCE)
- Lao-Zhuang Views of Morality (c.350–139 BCE)
- Mencius (c.372–289 BCE): Morality as Cultivated Human Nature
- Xunzi (310–220 BCE): On the Carving and Polishing of the Human Being
- Buddhist Moralities in the Chinese Context
- Zhu Xi (1130–1200): Fashioning the Human Being
- Wang Yangming (1472–1529): Moral Willing as Moral Knowing
- Dai Zhen (1724–77): The Proper Place of Desire in Morality
- Mou Zongsan (1909–95): Moral Metaphysics
- Political Philosophy: Questions about the Nature and Purpose of Government
- Introduction
- Confucius (551–479 BCE) on Rulership and the Function of Government
- Mencius's (c.372–289 BCE) Political Philosophy
- Lao Zhuang and Yellow Emperor Daoists on Rulership and Government
- Legalism and the Hanfeizi (c.280–233 BCE)
- Political Views of the Masters of Huainan (Huainanzi) (139 BCE)
- Yan Fu (1854–1921): China Not Ready for Democracy
- Liang Qichao (1873–1929): Emergent Chinese Nationalism
- Mao Zedong (1893–1976): The Sinification of Marxism in China
- Forms of Current Confucian Political Theory
- Other Current Confucian Models for Political Theory
- Guide to Philosophers and Significant Works
- The Chronicles of Zuo (Zuozhuan)
- Confucius and the Analects
- Dai Zhen (1723–77)
- “Great Commentary” of the Classic of Changes
- The “Great Plan” (Hong Fan) in the Classic of History (Shujing)
- Han Fei (c. 280–33 BCE)
- Hu Shi (1891–1962)
- Lao-Zhuang Tradition (c.350–139 BCE)
- Legalist School (fa jia)
- Liang Qichao (1873–1929)
- Lotus Sutra (i.e., The Sutra of the Lotus Blossom of the Subtle Dharma, Miaofa Lianhua Jing)
- Mao Zedong (1893–1976)
- Masters of Huainan (Huainanzi)
- Mencius (372–289 BCE)
- Mozi (a.k.a. Mo Di, c.470–391 BCE)
- Mou Zongsan (1909–95)
- Tu Weiming (1940–)
- Wang Chong (c.25–100 CE)
- Wang Yangming (1472–1529)
- Xuanzang (c.596–664)
- Xunzi (c.310–220 BCE)
- Yan Fu (1854–1921)
- Zhang Dongsun (1886–1973)
- Zhu Xi (1130–1200)
- Quick Guide to Pronunciation
- Comparative Chronology of Philosophers
- References