An introduction to Chinese philosophy
By: Karyn L. Lai.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521846462; 9780521608923
Subjects: Philosophy, Chinese.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Chinese philosophy; title: Origins of Chinese philosophy; title: Features of Chinese philosophy; title: Self cultivation; title: Understanding the self : relationships and contexts; title: Conceptions of harmony; title: Conceptions of change; title: The philosophy of the Yijing (the Book of Changes); title: Thinking philosophically; title: Confucius and the Confucian concepts Ren and Li; title: Reading the analects; title: Ren : humaneness; title: Ren as love; title: Ren, the Confucian golden rule; title: Ren and the cultivation of special relationships; title: Ren as ethical wisdom; title: Behavioural propriety; title: Ren and Li; title: Ren is fundamental; title: Li is fundamental; title: Ren and Li are interdependent concepts; title: Ren and Li in contemporary philosophical debates; title: The cultivation of humanity in Confucian philosophy : Mencius and Xunzi; title: Mencius : the cultivation of human nature; title: Xunzi : the regulation of human behaviour; title: (Appropriate behaviour) and FA standards and penal law; title: Zhengming : regulating society with prescribed titles; title: The way of heaven and the way of humanity; title: Personal cultivation and social development; title: Character development and the cultivation of skills; title: Early Mohist philosophy; title: Texts and themes; title: The essays; title: Maximising the collective good; title: Working with standards; title: Early Daoist philosophy : the Dao De Jing as a metaphysical treatise; title: The origins of Daoist philosophy and the early Daoist texts; title: Dao as reality : the search for a new reality; title: Opposites : contrast and complementation; title: De and the integrity of the individual; title: Early Daoist philosophy : Dao, language, and society; title: Dao, language, and indoctrination; title: Wuwei; title: Wuwei and government; title: Wuwei and learning; title: The ethics of Ziran and Wuwei; title: The Mingjia and the later Mohists; title: The Mingjia debates; title: Hui Shi; title: Gongsun Long; title: The later Mohists; title: Argumentation and disputation : Bian; title: Language, names, and propositions; title: Scientific discussions; title: Practising Jianai : utilitarian morality; title: The philosophy of language in early China; title: Zhuangzi's philosophy; title: Epistemological questions in the Qiwu Lun; title: Interpretations of Zhuangzi's scepticism; title: Cultivating knack; title: The implications of the philosophy of the Zhuangzi; title: Legalist philosophy; title: Basic themes : penal law, technique, and power; title: FA : standards and penal law; title: Shu : the technique of managing the bureaucracy; title: Shi : power; title: Han Fei, the great synthesiser; title: Debates in legalist philosophy; title: Human nature; title: Citizenry : the role of the common people; title: Best man and best laws; title: Bureaucracy; title: Secrecy, power, and the control of knowledge; title: Government and human development; title: The Yijing and its place in Chinese philosophy; title: The text and commentaries; title: Comprehensive synthesis and correlative thinking during the Han; title: Correlative thinking : the spirit of the Yijing; title: (1) The primacy of observation; title: (2) A holistic, all-encompassing perspective; title: (3) A dialectical and complementary approach to dualisms; title: (4) Correlative thinking and resonance; title: (5) An interpretive approach to the meanings of the hexagrams and correspondences; title: (6) Constant movement marked by the inevitability of change; title: (7) The action-guiding nature of the judgments; title: The impact of the Yijing; title: Chinese Buddhism; title: Basic tenets of Buddhist thought; title: The introduction of Buddhism into China; title: Chinese Buddhist doctrines during the fifth and sixth centuries C.E.; title: Treatise (San Lun) Buddhism; title: Consciousness-only (Wei Shi) Buddhism; title: Tian Tai Buddhism; title: Flower garland (Hua Yan) Buddhism; title: Chan Buddhism; title: Chinese Buddhism.