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A Short History of Chinese Philosophy
by Li Hsueh-Chin, Chang Chi-Chih, Lin Ying, Hou Wai-Lu, Wang Cheng-Chung. 180 pgs.

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Foreword

CONTENTS

1. the Origin and Development of Philosophy In The Yin and Chou Dynasties; and the "Hundred Schools" of the Warring States Period

2. Philosophy in the Middle Ages: Heresy Versus Orthodoxy; Materialism Versus Idealism

3. Philosophy in the Transitional Period Between The Ming and Ching Dynasties: the Beginnings Of Enlightenment and Development Of Materialism

4. Modern Philosophy: the New and Old Learning and Bourgeois Philosophy

5. Contemporary Philosophy: the Two Main Trends in Philosophy Since the May 4 Movement; the Development Of Marxism in China

INDEX
2.

Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy
by Philip J. Ivanhoe, Bryan W. Van Norden. 364 pgs.

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Preface

Introduction

Selective Bibliography

Chapter One Kongzi (confucius) "The Analects"

Introduction

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Chapter Two Mozi

Introduction

Selective Bibliography

Chapter Three Mengzi (mencius)

Introduction

Selective Bibliography

Introduction

Chapter, Four Laozi: ("The Daodejing")

Selective Bibliography

Chapter Five Zhuangzi

Introduction

Selective Bibliography

Chapter Six Xunzi

Introduction

Selective Bibliography

Introduction

Chapter Seven Han Feizi

Selective Bibliography

Appendix
3.

The Chinese Mind: Essentials of Chinese Philosophy and Culture
by Charles A. Moore. 402 pgs.

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Preface

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Introduction: The Humanistic Chinese Mind

Chinese Theory and Practice, with Special Reference to Humanism

The Story of Chinese Philosophy

Epistemological Methods in Chinese Philosophy

The Scientific Spirit and Method in Chinese Philosophy

Syntheses in Chinese Metaphysics

The Basis of Social, Ethical, and Spiritual Values in Chinese Philosophy

Filial Piety and Chinese Society

The Development of Ideas of Spiritual Value in Chinese Philosophy

Chinese Legal and Political Philosophy

The World and the Individual in Chinese Metaphysics

T'Ang ChÜn-1 the Individual and the World in Chinese Methodology

The Individual in Chinese Religions

The Status of the Individual in Chinese Ethics

Y. P. Mei the Status of the Individual in Chinese Social Thought and Practice

The Status of the Individual in the Political and Legal Traditions of Old and New China

Appendix: Romanization and Corresponding Chinese Characters

Who's Who

Index
4.

The Spirit of Chinese Philosophy
by Fung Yu-Lan, E. R. Hughes. 224 pgs.

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Author's Preface to the English Edition

Translator's Preface

Summary of Chapter III in Dr. Fung's Hsin YÜan Jen (chungking, 1943)

The Spirit of Chinese Philosophy

Chapter I: Confucius (551-479 B.C.) and Mencius (372-289 B.C.)

Chapter II: The Philosophers Yang Chu and Mo Ti

Chapter III: The Dialecticians and Logicians

Chapter IV: Lao Tzu+̃ and Chuang Tzu+̃

Chapter V: The Γi Scripture Amplifications and the Chung Yung

Chapter VI: The Han Scholars

Chapter VII: The Mystical School

Chapter VIII: The Inner-Light School (ch'An Tsung) of Buddhism

Chapter IX: The Neo-Confucianist Philosophy

Chapter X: A New System

Index
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Chinese Thought in a Global Context: A Dialogue between Chinese and Western Philosophical Approaches
by Karl-Heinz Pohl. 408 pgs.

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Introduction

Part I: Intercultural Hermeneutics and the Problem of East-West Understanding

Modernity and Postmodernism - Some Philosophical Remarks on the Necessity of an East-West-Dialogue

Translating Cultures: China and the West

"Only the Chinese Understand China"- The Problem of East-West Understanding

The Predicament of Postcolonial Criticism in Contemporary China

Part II: Creative Transformation and New Interpretations of the Chinese Tradition

Reflections on the Concept of the Unity of Heaven and Man ("Tian Ren He Yi")

Human Nature and Human Future: A Combination of Marx and Confucius

The Daoist Project as a "Possible" Metanarrative

Part III: Chinese Thought in a Global Context

Chinese-Western Conceptions of Beauty and Good and Their Cultural Implications

The "Dignity within Oneself": Chinese Tradition and Human Rights

Communitarianism and Confucianism - in Search of Common Moral Ground

Eurocentrism, Sinocentrism, and Categories of a Comparative Philosophy

Part IV: Cultural Flow between China and the West

Transplanting the Political Religion of Marxism- Leninism to China

Western Political Science in China

Bibliography of Selected Works in Western Languages

Index/Glossary

List of Authors
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The Shape of the Turtle: Myth, Art, and Cosmos in Early China
by Sarah Allan. 232 pgs.

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Preface

Acknowledgments

I: Introduction to the Shang

II: Sons of Suns

III: From Myth to History

IV: The Shape of the Cosmos

V: Divination and Sacrifice

VI: Art and Meaning

VII: Conclusion

Notes

Oracle Bone and Bronze Inscription Collections Cited by an Abbreviation

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Philosophy, Philosophia, and Zhe-Xue, in Philosophy East & West
by Wu Xiao-ming . 47 pgs.

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An Exploration of the Mode of Thinking of Ancient China, in Philosophy East & West
by Liu Jingshan. 11 pgs.

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The Shu King, or, The Chinese Historical Classic, Being an Authentic Record of the Religion, Philosophy, Customs and Government of the Chinese from the Earliest Times (1904)
by Walter Gorn Old. 306 pgs.

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Introduction

Contents

Book I: The Book of Yu

Section I: The Canon of Yaou

Notes on Section I

Section II: The Canon of Shun

Notes on Section II

Section III: The Deliberations of Ta-Yu

Notes on Section III

Section IV: The Deliberations of Kaou-Yaou

Notes on Section IV

Section V: Yih and Tseih

Notes on Section V

Book II: The Book of HÎa

Section I: The Tribute of Yu

Notes on Section I

Notes on Section II

Section II: The Kan Oath

Section III: The Song of the Five Children

Notes on Section III

Section IV: The Yin Chastisement

Notes on Section IV

Section I: The Oath of Tang

Book III: The Book of Shang

Notes on Section I

Section II: The Declaration of Chung-Hwuy

Notes on Section II

Section III: The Proclamation Op T'Ang

Notes on Section III

Section IV: The Instructions of E

Notes on Section IV

Section V: Tai-Kai (first Part)

Notes on Section V

Section VI: Tai-Kia (continued)

Notes on Section VI

Section VII: Tai-Kia (conclusion)

Notes on Section VII

Section VIII: Both Had Simple Virtue

Notes on Section VIII

Section IX: Puon-Kang (first Part)

Notes on Section IX

Section X: Puon-Kang (continued)

Notes on Section X

Section XI: Puon-Kang (conclusion)

Notes on Section XI

Section XII: The Mandates of Yueh (first Part)

Notes on Section XII

Section XIII: The Mandates of Yueh (continued)

Notes on Section XIII

Section XIV: The Mandates of Yueh (concluded)

Notes on Section XIV

Notes on Section XV

Section XV: The Daily Sacrifice of Kaou-Tsung

Section XVI: The Western Lord's Conquest of LI

Notes on Section XVI

Section XVII: The Lord of Wie

Notes on Section XVII

Book IV: The Book of Chow—part I

Section I: The Everlasting Oath

Notes on Section I

Section II: The Everlasting Oath (continued)

Notes on Section II

Section III: The Everlasting Oath (conclusion)

Notes on Section III

Section IV: The Oath at Muh

Notes on Section IV

Section V: The End of the War

Notes on Section V

Section VI: The Great Plan

Notes on Section VI

Section VII: The Hound of LI

Notes on Section VII

Section VIII: The Golden-Edged Casket

Notes on Section VIII

Section IX: The Great Announcement

Notes on Section IX

Section X: The Lord of Wei's Decree

Notes on Section X

Section XI: Khang's Announcement

Notes on Section XI

Section XII: The Announcement as to Wine

Notes on Section XII

Section XIII: Good Material

Notes on Section XIII

Book V: The Book of Chow—part II

Section I: The Announcement of Shaou

Notes on Section I

Section II: The Lo Announcement

Notes on Section II

Section III: The Numerous Officers

Notes on Section III

Section IV: Against Luxury

Notes on Section IV

Section V: Prince Shih

Notes on Section V

Section VI: Tsae-Chung's Decree

Notes on Section VI

Section VII: The Numerous Regions

Notes on Section VII

Section VIII: The Establishing of Government

Notes on Section VIII

Section I: The Officers of Chow

Book VI: The Book of Chow—part III

Notes on Section I

Section II: Kiun-Chin

Notes on Section II

Section III: The Retrospective Decree

Notes on Section III

Section IV: The Announcement of K'Ang-Wang

Notes on Section IV

Section V: The Decree to Peih

Notes on Section V

Section VI: Kiun-Ya

Notes on Section VI

Section VII: The Decree to Kung

Notes on Section VII

Section VIII: The Lew Penal Code

Notes on Section VIII

Section IX: The Decree to the Marquis Wan

Notes on Section IX

Section X: The Pi Oath

Notes on Section X

Section XI: The Oath at Tsin

Notes on Section XI

Appendix on: Chinese Divisions of Time
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Chuang-Tzu for Spiritual Transformation: An Analysis of the Inner Chapters
by Robert E. Allinson. 201 pgs.

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Chuang-Tzu for Spiritual Transformation

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Foreword

Preface

Introduction

1: On the Chirping of Birds

2: Myths and Monsters: on the Art of Metaphor

3 the Content of the Myth

4: The Monster as Metaphor

5: The Beautiful as Metaphor: the Symbol of Metamorphosis

6: The Butterfly Dream: the Case for Internal Textual Transformation

7: The Butterfly Dream: the Case for External Textual Transformation

8: The Question of Relativism

9: The Origin of the Relativistic Thesis

10: The Paradox of Self-Transformation

11: The Case of Meng-Sun

12: The Goose That Cackled

Notes

Index
11.

The Way and Its Power: A Study of the Tao Te Ching and Its Place in Chinese Thought
by Arthur Waley. 266 pgs.

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Preface

Introduction

Appendix I: Authorship in Early China, and the Relation of the Lao Tan Legend to the 'Tao Tê Ching'

Appendix II: Foreign Influence

Appendix III: Taoist Yoga

Appendix IV: Date; Text and Commentaries

Appendix V: The Formation of Chinese Pre-History

Appendix VI: Sources of Doubtful Date

Chapter I

Chapter 11

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Chapter VII

Chapter VIII

Chapter IX

Chapter X

Chapter XI

Chapter XII

Chapter XIII

Chapter XIV

Chapter XV

Chapter XVI

Chapter XVII

Chapter XVIII

Chapter XIX

Chapter XX

Chapter XXI

Chapter XXII

Chapter XXIII

Chapter XXIV

Chapter XXV

Chapter XXVI

Chapter XXVII

Chapter XXVIII

Chapter XXIX

Chapter XXX

Chapter XXXI

Chapter XXXII

Chapter XXXIII

Chapter XXXIV

Chapter XXXV

Chapter XXXVI

Chapter XXXVII

Chapter XXXVIII

Chapter XXXIX

Chapter XL

Chapter XLI

Chapter XLII

Chapter XLIV

Chapter XLIII

Chapter XLV

Chapter XLVI

Chapter XLVII

Chapter XLVIII

Chapter XLIX

Chapter L

Chapter LI

Chapter LII

Chapter LIII

Chapter LIV

Chapter LV

Chapter LVI

Chapter LVII

Chapter LVIII

Chapter LIX

Chapter LX

Chapter LXI

Chapter LXII

Chapter LXIII

Chapter LXIV

Chapter LXV

Chapter LXVI

Chapter LXVII

Chapter LXVIII

Chapter LXIX

Chapter LXX

Chapter LXXI

Chapter LXXII

Chapter LXXIII

Chapter LXXIV

Chapter LXXV

Chapter LXXVI

Chapter LXXVII

Chapter LXXVIII

Chapter LXXIX

Chapter LXXX

Chapter LXXXI

Additional Note on Introduction

Additional Notes on Translation

Textual Notes

Index
12.

Confucius and the Chinese Way
by H. G. Creel. 367 pgs.

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Preface

Chapter I: Tradition and Truthbackground

Background

Chapter II: The Evidence

Chapter III: The China of Confucius

Confucius

Chapter IV: Biography

Chapter V: The Man

Chapter VI: The Disciples

Chapter VII: The Teacher

Chapter VIII: The Scholar

Chapter IX: The Philosopher

Chapter X: The Reformer

Chapter XI: The "Weaklings"

Confucianism

Chapter XII: From Man to Myth

Chapter XIII: Disaster

Chapter XIV: Triumph

Chapter XV: Confucianism and Western Democracy

Chapter XVI: Confucius and the Republic of China

Postscript

Appendix: The Authenticity of the Analects

Notes

References

Bibliography

Index
13.

Rituals of the Way: The Philosophy of Xunzi
by Paul Rakita Goldin. 200 pgs.

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The first study of this ancient text in over 70 years, Rituals of the Way explores how the Xunzi influenced Confucianism and other Chinese philosophies through its emphasis on "the Way."

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Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1 Self-Cultivation and the Mind

Chapter 2 Heaven

Chapter 3 Ritual and Music

Chapter 4 Language and the Way

Notes

Bibliography

Index of Names and Subjects

Index Locorum
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Chu Hsi and His Masters: An Introduction to Chu Hsi and the Sung School of Chinese Philosophy (1923)
by J. Percy Bruce. 346 pgs.

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Preface

Bibliography

Addenda and Corrigenda

Part I: The Five Philosophers

Chapter I: Preliminary Observations

Chapter II: Chou Tun I and Shao Yung

Chapter III: The Brothers Ch'Êng and Chang Tsai

Chapter IV: Chu Hsi

Part II: Chu Hsi's Theory of The Universe

Chapter V: Law and Matter

Chapter VI: The First Cause and the Evolution of The Cosmos

Part III: Chu Hsi's Doctrine of Human Nature

Chapter VIII: The Essential Nature

Chapter IX: The Physical Nature

Chapter X: Mind

Chapter XI: Virtue and the Virtues

Part IV: The Theistic Import Of Chu Hsi's Philosophy

Chapter XII: Heaven

Chapter XIII: The Mind of the Universe

Chapter XIV: Conclusion

Index
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Essentials of Neo-Confucianism: Eight Major Philosophers of the Song and Ming Periods
by Siu-chi Huang. 261 pgs.

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Huang's book analyzes the major Neo-Confucian philosophers from the eleventh to the sixteenth centuries. Focusing on metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical philosophical issues, this study presents the historical development of the Neo-Confucian school, an outgrowth of ancient Confucianism, and characterizes its thought, background, and influence. Key concepts--for example tai-ji (supreme ultimate), xin (mind), and ren (humanity)--as interpreted by each thinker are discussed in detail. Also examined are the two major schools that developed during this period, Cheng-Zhu, School of Principle, and Lu-Wang, School of Mind. These schools, despite different philosophical orientations, were convinced that their common goal, to bring about a harmonious relationships between man and the universe and between man and man, could be achieved through different ways of philosophizing. To understand the Chinese mind, it is necessary to understand Neo-Confucianism as a reformation of early Confucianism.

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Copyright Acknowledgments

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Editorial Note

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 Historical and Philosophical Contexts

Part I NORTHERN SONG, 960-1126

Chapter 3 Shao Yong, 1011-1077

Chapter 4 Zhang Zai, 1020-1077

Chapter 5 Cheng Hao, 1032-1085

Chapter 6 Cheng Yi, 1033-1107

Part II SOUTHERN SONG, 1127-1279

Chapter 7 Zhu XI (i), 1130-1200

Chapter 8 Zhu XI (ii)

Chapter 9 Lu Xiang-Shan, 1139-1193

Part III MING DYNASTY, 1368-1643

Chapter 10 Wang Yang-Ming, 1472-1529

Chapter 11 Conclusion

Glossary

Bibliography

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