Encyclopedia of Chinese Philosophy

Antonio S. Cua

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN:
  9781135367558
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Eastern Philosophy

Featuring contributions from the world's most highly esteemed Asian philosophy scholars, this important new encyclopedia covers the complex and increasingly influential field of Chinese thought, from earliest recorded times to the present day.
Including coverage on the subject previously unavailable to English speakers, the Encyclopedia sheds light on the extensive range of concepts, movements, philosophical works, and thinkers that populate the field. It includes a thorough survey of the history of Chinese philosophy; entries on all major thinkers from Confucius to Mou Zongsan; essential topics such as aesthetics, moral philosophy, philosophy of government, and philosophy of literature; surveys of Confucianism in all historical periods (Zhou, Han, Tang, and onward) and in key regions outside China; schools of thought such as Mohism, Legalism, and Chinese Buddhism; trends in contemporary Chinese philosophy, and more.

INDEX

Note: Page numbers in boldface indicate primary discussion of the topic.

Abhidharma literature, 816

absolutes

ethics and, 72–73

God as, 92–93

Qing Confucianism on, 123

Academy of the Supreme Ultimate, 183

Acker, William B., 513

action

Confucius on hamony of words and, 876

in the junzi, 334–335

Mao on, 428, 430

Mencius on connection between moral knowledge and, 877

philosophy of, 50–51

philosophy of mind and, 582

situations leading to, 732

unity of knowledge and, 760, 769, 876–878

yi and, 245–246

Yijing as basis for, 521–522

aesthetics, 1–5, 511–517

calligraphy and, 25–27

of culture, 532

Fang on, 250–251, 609 li in, 373–374

Marxism on, 432

Xu Fuguan on, 812–813

age, reverence for, 34, 59

agriculture, 659, 660

ai (love), filial piety and, 793. See also jian ai (universal love)

Ai Siqi, 434

alchemy, 193

inner, 222–223, 226–227, 228, 658–659

outer, 659

as science, 661

al-Gahazali, 879

Allan, Sarah, 487

Althusser, Louis, 665

American Chinese Philosophers Association, 607

Ames, Roger, 171, 607

on self-deception, 676–677

Analects (Confucius). See Lunyu (Analects) (Confucius)

analytical philosophy, 718

anarchists, followers of Zhuangzi, 920–921

Andronicus of Rhodes, 449

An Lushan rebellion, 140, 143

An Shigao, 7–8

argumentation. See also rhetoric

of Jizang, 324–326

Kang Youwei on, 337–341

Mencius on, 445–447, 460

neo-Daoist, 215–216

neo-...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Board of Editorial Consultants
• Preface
• Contributors
• Map
• Chronology
• Aesthetics
• Buddhism in China: A Historical Survey
• Buddhism: Zen (Chan Zong, Ch’an Tsung)
• Calligraphy
• Chen Daqi (Ch’en Ta-ch’i)
• Chen Que (Ch’en Ch’üeh)
• Chen Xianzhang (Ch’en Hsien-chang)
• Cheng (Ch’eng): Wholeness or Sincerity
• Cheng Hao (Ch’engHao)
• Cheng Yi (Ch’engI)
• Chengyi (Ch’eng-i): Making One’s Thoughts Sincere
• Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi)
• Comparative Philosophy
• Confucianism: Confucius (Kongzi, K’ung Tzu)
• Confucianism: Constructs of Classical Thought
• Confucianism: Dialogues
• Confucianism: Ethics
• Confucianism: Ethics and Law
• Confucianism: Han
• Confucianism: Humanism and the Enlightenment
• Confucianism: Japan
• Confucianism: Korea
• Confucianism: Ming
• Confucianism: Qing (Ch’ing)
• Confucianism: Rhetoric
• Confucianism: Song (Sung)
• Confucianism: Tang (T’ang)
• Confucianism: Texts in Guodian (Kuo-tien) Bamboo Slips
• Confucianism: Tradition–Daotong (Tao-t’ung)
• Confucianism: Twentieth Century
• Confucianism: Vietnam
• Confucianism: Vision
• Confucianism: Yuan (Yüan)
• Cosmology
• Dai Zhen (Tai Chen)
• Dao (Tao): The Way
• Daoism (Taoism): Classical (Dao Jia, Tao Chia)
• Daoism (Taoism): Neo-Daoism (Xuanxue, Hsüan-hsüeh)
• Daoism (Taoism): Religious
• Daoism: Texts in Guodian (Kuo-tien) Bamboo Slips
• Daxue (Ta Hsüeh): The Great Learning
• De (Te): Virtue or Power
• Dong Zhongshu (Tung Chung-shu)
• Egoism in Chinese Ethics
• Fa: Model, Law, Doctrine
• Fang Dongmei (Thomé H.Fang)
• Fazang (Fa-tsang)
• Feng Youlan (Fung Yu-lan)
• Feng Youlan (Fung Yu-lan): Workson the History of Chinese Philosophy
• Gewu (Ke-wu)and Zhizhi (Chih-chih):Investigation of Things and Extension of Knowledge
• Gongsun Long (Kung-sun Lung)
• Gu Yanwu (Ku Yen-wu)
• Guanzi (Kuan Tzu):The Book of Master Guan
• Guo Xiang (Kuo Hsiang)
• Han Feizi (Han Fei Tzu)
• Han Yu (Han Yü)
• The Heguanzi (Ho Kuan Tzu) Treatise
• Hu Hong (Hu Hung)
• Hu Shi (Hu Shih)
• The Huainanzi (Huai-nan Tzu) Text
• Huang Zongxi (Huang Tsung-hsi)
• Hui Shi (Hui Shih)
• Huineng (Hui-neng): The Sixth Patriarch
• Intercultural Hermeneutics
• Jia Yi (Chia I)
• Jizang (Chi-tsang)
• Junzi (Chün-tzu): The Moral Person
• Kang Youwei (K’ang Yu-wei)
• Language and Logic
• Laozi (Lao Tzu)
• Legalism
• Li: Principle, Pattern, Reason
• Li: Rites or Propriety
• Li Ao
• Liang Qichao (Liang Ch’i-ch’ao)
• Liang Shuming (Liang Shu-ming)
• Liezi (Lieh Tzu)
• Lin Yutang
• Ling Ting-kan (Ling T’ing-k’an)
• Liu Zhongzhou (Liu Tsung-chou)
• Liyi fenshu (Li-ifen-shu): Principle and Manifestations
• Lu Jia (Lu Chia)
• Lu Xiangshan (Lu Hsiang-shan)
• Luo Qinshun (Lo Ch’in-shun)
• Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung)
• Marxism in China
• Mazu Daoyi (Ma-tsu Tao-i)
• Mencius (Mengzi, Meng Tzu)
• Metaphysics
• Mohism: The Founder, Mozi (Mo Tzu)
• Mohism: Later (Mo Jia, Mo Chia)
• Moral Philosophy
• Moral Psychology
• Mou Zongsan (Mou Tsung-san)
• Mythology and Early Chinese Thought
• Names, School of (Ming Jia, Ming Chia)
• Philosophy in China:Historiography
• Philosophy of Art
• Philosophy of Change
• Philosophy of Culture
• Philosophy of Governance
• Philosophy of History
• Philosophy of Human Nature
• Philosophy of Knowledge
• Philosophy of Language
• Philosophy of Literature
• Philosophy of Mind
• Philosophy: Recent Trends in China since Mao
• Philosophy: Recent Trends Overseas
• Philosophy: Recent Trends in Taiwan
• Qi (Ch’i): Vital Force
• Qian Mu (Ch’ien Mu)
• Qing (Ch’ing): Reality or Feeling
• Qiongli (Ch’iung-li): Exhaustive Inquiry into Principles
• Quan (Ch’üan): Weighing Circumstances
• Quanli (Ch’üan-li): Rights
• Reason and Principle
• Religions
• Ren (Jen): Humanity
• Ritualism
• Ruan Ji (Juan Chi)
• Science and Technology
• Scientism and Humanism
• Self-Deception
• Sengzhao (Seng-chao)
• Shang Yang
• Shao Yong (Shao Yung)
• Shen Buhai (Shen Pu-hai)
• Shen Dao (Shen Tao)
• Sheng: Life or Creativity
• Sheng: Sage
• Shenhui (Shen-hui)
• Shenming (Shen-ming): Gods or Godlike Intelligence
• Shifei (Shih-fei): This and Not, Right and Wrong
• Sun Yat-sen (Sun Yixian)
• Tan Sitong (T’an Ssu-t’ung)
• Tang Junyi (T’ang Chün-i)
• Ti: Body or Embodiment
• Ti and Yong (T’i and Yung): Substance and Function
• Ti-Yong (Tiyong, T’i-yung) Metaphysics
• Tian (T’ien): Heaven
• Time and Timeliness (Shizhong, Shih-chung)
• Translation and Its Problems
• Wang Bi (Wang Pi)
• Wang Chong (Wang Ch’ung)
• Wang Fuzhi (Wang Fu-chih)
• Wang Guowei (Wang Kuo-wei)
• Wang Yangming (Wang Yang-ming)
• Wang Yangming (Wang Yang-ming): Rivals and Followers
• The Wenzi (Wen Tzu) Treatise
• Wuwei (Wu-wei): Taking No Action
• Wuxing (Wu-hsing): Five Phases
• Xi Kang (Hsi K’ang)
• Xiao (Hsiao): Filial Piety
• Xin (Hsin): Heart and Mind
• Xing (Hsing): Human Nature
• Xiong Shili (Hsiung Shih-li)
• Xiushen (Hsiu-shen): Self-Cultivation
• Xu (Hsü): Emptiness
• Xu Fuguan (Hsü Fu-kuan)
• Xuanzang (Hsüan-tsang)
• Xunzi (Hsün Tzu)
• Yan Fu (Yen Fu)
• Yan Yuan (Yen Yüan)
• Yang Xiong (Yang Hsiung)
• Yang Zhu (Yang Chu)
• Yi (I) and Li: Rightness and Rites
• Yin and Yang
• Youwu (Yu-wu): Being and Nonbeing
• Zhan Ruoshui (Chan Jo-shui)
• Zhang Binglin (Chang Ping-lin)
• Zhang Dongsun (Chang Tung-sun)
• Zhang Xuecheng (Chang Hsüeh-ch’eng) 861
• Zhang Zai (Chang Tsai)
• Zhengming (Cheng-ming): Rectifying Names
• Zhenren (Chen-jen): The True, Authentic Person
• Zhi (Chih): To Know, To Realize
• Zhixing Heyi (Chih-hsing Ho-i): Unity of Knowledge and Action
• Zhiyi (Chih-i)
• Zhong (Chung) and Shu: Loyalty and Reciprocity
• Zhong (Chung) and Xin (Hsin): Loyalty and Trustworthiness
• Zhongyong (Chung yung): The Doctrine of the Mean
• Zhou Dunyi (Chou Tun-i)
• Zhu Xi (Chu Hsi)
• Zhu Xi (Chu Hsi): Rivals and Followers
• Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)
• Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu): Schools
• Glossary
• Permission Acknowledgments
• Index