A monumental compendium of Chinese thought, from pre-Confucianism to Chinese Communism
A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy covers the entire historical development of Chinese philosophy from its ancient origins to today, providing the most wide-ranging and authoritative English-language anthology of Chinese thought available. This superb book brings together key selections from all the great thinkers and schools in every period—ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary—and presents these texts in their entirety. Each selection is accompanied by explanatory aids and scholarly documentation that shed invaluable light on all aspects of Chinese thought.
Featuring elegant and faithful translations of some of the most important classical writings, some translated here for the first time, A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy is an indispensable resource for students, scholars, and anyone interested in Chinese philosophy and culture.
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A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy
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Publisher
Princeton University PressYear
2008Print ISBN
9780691019642
9780691071374
eBook ISBN
9781400820030
Topic
PhilosophySubtopic
Eastern PhilosophyTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology of Dynasties
- Chronology Of Philosophers
- Table Of Contents
- Abbreviations and Abridgments
- 1: The Growth of Humanism
- 2: The Humanism of Confucius
- 3: Idealistic Confucianism: Mencius
- 4: Moral and Social Programs: The Great Learning
- 5: Spiritual Dimensions: The Doctrine Of The Mean
- 6: Naturalistic Confucianism: Hsun Tzu
- 7: The Natural Way of Lao Tzu
- 8: The Mystical Way of Chuang Tzu
- 9: Mo Tzu's Doctrines of Universal Love, Heaven, and Social Welfare
- 10: Debates on Metaphysical Concepts: The Logicians
- 11: The Yin Yang School
- 12: Legalism
- 13: The Philosophy of Change
- 14: Yin Yang Confucianism: Tung Chung-Shu
- 15: Taoistic Confucianism: Yang Hsiung
- 16: The Naturalism of Wang Ch'ung
- 17: The Taoism of Huai-Nan Tzu
- 18: Negative Taoism in the Lieh Tzu and the "Yang Chu Chapter"
- 19: Neo-Taoism
- 20: The Seven Early Buddhist Schools
- 21: Seng-Chao's Doctrine of Reality
- 22: The Philosophy of Emptiness: Chi-Tsang of the Three-Treatise School
- 23:Buddhist Idealism: Hsuan-Tsang of the Consciousness-Only School
- 24: The Tien-T'ai Philosophy of Perfect Harmony
- 25: The One-And-All Philosophy: Fa-Tsang of the Hua-Yen School
- 26: The Zen (Ch'an) School of Sudden Enlightenment
- 27: The Revival of Confucianism: Han Yu and Li Ao
- 28: The Neo-Confucian Met Physics and Ethics in Chou Tun-I
- 29: The Numerical and Objective Tendencies in Shao Yung
- 30: Chang Tsai's Philosophy of Material Force
- 31: The Idealistic Tendency in Ch'eng Hao
- 32: The Rationalistic Tendency in Ch'eng I
- 33: The Unity of Mind and Principle in Lu Hsiang-Shan
- 34: The Great Synthesis in Chu Hsi
- 35: Dynamic Idealism in Wang Yang-Ming
- 36: The Materialism of Wang Fu-Chih
- 37: Practical Confucianism in Yen Yuan
- 38: Tai Chen's Philosophy of Principle as Order
- 39: K'ang Yu-Wei's Philosophy of Great Unity
- 40: The Philosophy of Humanity (Jen) in T'an Ssu-T'ung
- 41: Chang Tung-Sun's Theory of Knowledge
- 42: The New Rationalistic Confucianism: Fung Yu-Lan
- 43: The New Idealistic Confucianism: Hsiung Shih-Li
- 44: Chinese Philosophy in Communist China
- Appendix: On Translating Certain Chinese Philosophical Terms
- Bibliography
- A Glossary of Chinese Characters
- Index
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