Chinese Philosophy

In this illustrated introduction Wen Haiming explores the characteristics of different philosophers in Chinese history and distinguishes the 'Chinese philosophical sensibility' motivating their thoughts. Employing Western philosophical categories to describe significant issues in the history of philosophy, Wen Haiming considers Chinese political philosophy in the pre-Qin era, Chinese metaphysics from Han to Tang dynasties, Chinese epistemology from Song to Ming dynasties and modern Chinese-Western comparative philosophy. Chinese Philosophy provides a clear, accessible conception of the Chinese philosophical sensibility and its evolution throughout history.

Introduction: What is Chinese Philosophy?	p. 1
Zhouyi: The Starting Point of Chinese Philosophy	p. 7
A Mystical and Profound Classic	p. 8
From Taiji to Eight Trigrams	p. 11
The Philosophy of Zhouyi	p. 14
Chinese Political Philosophy: Pre-Qin Philosophers	p. 21
Confucius (Kongzi): Family Reverence as the Root of Humanity	p. 22
Mencius (Mengzi): Governing the State with Humane Love	p. 31
Laozi: The Great Dao is like Water	p. 38
Zhuangzi: Wandering at ease without Self	p. 48
Mozi and other Pre-Qin Thinkers	p. 55
Xunzi's Political Theory	p. 58
Han Fei's Art of Rulership	p. 60
Sunzi's Art of War	p. 62
Chinese Metaphysics: Interpretations of the World from Han to Tang Dynasties	p. 67
Chinese Cosmology in the Han Dynasty	p. 68
The Ontology of Being and Nothingness in the Wei-Jin Dynasties	p. 74
Chinese Metaphysics of Emptiness (Sunyata): Buddhism in the Sui and Tang Dynasties	p. 84
Chan Buddhism: Enlightening Buddhist Wisdom	p. 97
Chinese Epistemology: Song-Ming Philosophers on the Relationship between Mind-Heart and Things/ Events	p. 105
From Han Yu to Zhang Zai	p. 106
The Cheng Brothers and the "Luo School"	p. 114
Zhu Xi: Extinguishing Human Desires in order to keep Heavenly Li	p. 117
Lu Jiuyuan: The Cosmos does not exist without Mind	p. 122
Wang Yangming: Nothing is outside one's Mind	p. 124
The Dao of Chinese Philosophy: Its Sustainment and Creativity	p. 131
Three Philosophers between the Ming and Qing Dynasties	p. 132
Modern Chinese Philosophy as responses to Western Philosophies	p. 138
Modern Chinese Philosophy: New Confucianism and East-West Comparative Philosophy	p. 145
Hu Shi, Fung Yu-lan, and the discipline of Modem Chinese Philosophy	p. 146
Xiong Shili and New Confucianism	p. 148
Contemporary East-West Comparative Philosophy	p. 152
Table of Key Philosophical Terms	p. 157
Timeline of Chinese and Western Philosophies	p. 160
Chronological Table of the Chinese Dynasties	p. 165
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