An edition of An introduction to Chinese philosophy
(2008)
An introduction to Chinese philosophy
by Karyn Lai
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Table of Contents
Chinese philosophy
Origins of Chinese philosophy
Features of Chinese philosophy
Self cultivation
Understanding the self : relationships and contexts
Conceptions of harmony
Conceptions of change
The philosophy of the Yijing (the Book of Changes)
Thinking philosophically
Confucius and the Confucian concepts Ren and Li
Reading the analects
Ren : humaneness
Ren as love
Ren, the Confucian golden rule
Ren and the cultivation of special relationships
Ren as ethical wisdom
Behavioural propriety
Ren and Li
Ren is fundamental
Li is fundamental
Ren and Li are interdependent concepts
Ren and Li in contemporary philosophical debates
The cultivation of humanity in Confucian philosophy : Mencius and Xunzi
Mencius : the cultivation of human nature
Xunzi : the regulation of human behaviour
(Appropriate behaviour) and FA standards and penal law
Zhengming : regulating society with prescribed titles
The way of heaven and the way of humanity
Personal cultivation and social development
Character development and the cultivation of skills
Early Mohist philosophy
Texts and themes
The essays
Maximising the collective good
Working with standards
Early Daoist philosophy : the Dao De Jing as a metaphysical treatise
The origins of Daoist philosophy and the early Daoist texts
Dao as reality : the search for a new reality
Opposites : contrast and complementation
De and the integrity of the individual
Early Daoist philosophy : Dao, language, and society
Dao, language, and indoctrination
Wuwei
Wuwei and government
Wuwei and learning
The ethics of Ziran and Wuwei
The Mingjia and the later Mohists
The Mingjia debates
Hui Shi
Gongsun Long
The later Mohists
Argumentation and disputation : Bian
Language, names, and propositions
Scientific discussions
Practising Jianai : utilitarian morality
The philosophy of language in early China
Zhuangzi's philosophy
Epistemological questions in the Qiwu Lun
Interpretations of Zhuangzi's scepticism
Cultivating knack
The implications of the philosophy of the Zhuangzi
Legalist philosophy
Basic themes : penal law, technique, and power
FA : standards and penal law
Shu : the technique of managing the bureaucracy
Shi : power
Han Fei, the great synthesiser
Debates in legalist philosophy
Human nature
Citizenry : the role of the common people
Best man and best laws
Bureaucracy
Secrecy, power, and the control of knowledge
Government and human development
The Yijing and its place in Chinese philosophy
The text and commentaries
Comprehensive synthesis and correlative thinking during the Han
Correlative thinking : the spirit of the Yijing
(1) The primacy of observation
(2) A holistic, all-encompassing perspective
(3) A dialectical and complementary approach to dualisms
(4) Correlative thinking and resonance
(5) An interpretive approach to the meanings of the hexagrams and correspondences
(6) Constant movement marked by the inevitability of change
(7) The action-guiding nature of the judgments
The impact of the Yijing
Chinese Buddhism
Basic tenets of Buddhist thought
The introduction of Buddhism into China
Chinese Buddhist doctrines during the fifth and sixth centuries C.E.
Treatise (San Lun) Buddhism
Consciousness-only (Wei Shi) Buddhism
Tian Tai Buddhism
Flower garland (Hua Yan) Buddhism
Chan Buddhism
Chinese Buddhism.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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