Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy

by Ivanhoe, Philip J.; Van Norden, Bryan W.

• ISBN13: 9780872207813
• ISBN10: 0872207811
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-12-30
• Publisher: Hackett Pub Co Inc

Summary

This new edition offers expanded selections from the works of Kongzi (Confucius), Mengzi (Mencius), Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu), and Xunzi (Hsun Tzu); two new works, the dialogues 'Robber Zhi' and 'White Horse'; a concise general introduction; brief introductions to, and selective bibliographies for, each work; and four appendices that shed light on important figures, periods, texts, and terms in Chinese thought.

Author Biography

Philip J. Ivanhoe is Findlay Visiting Professor at Boston University. His publications include Confucian Moral Self Cultivation (Hackett, 2000); Virtue, Nature, and Moral Agency in the Xunzi (Hackett, 2000), co-edited with T. C. Kline III; Ethics in the Confucian Tradition (Hackett, 2002); Essays on the Moral Philosophy of Mengzi (Hackett, 2002), co-edited with Xiusheng Liu; and The Daodejing of Laozi (Hackett, 2003).Bryan W. Van Norden is Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department and the Department of Chinese and Japanese at Vassar College. In addition to his book, Confucius and the Analects: New Essays (Oxford University Press, 2001), he has written, edited, and contributed to numerous works on Chinese thought.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Comparative Romanization Table	ix
Map of China during the Spring and Autumn Period	x
Introduction	xi
Selective Bibliography	xviii
CHAPTER ONE Kongzi (Confucius) "The Analects"	1	(58)
Introduction and Translation by Edward Gilman Slingerland
CHAPTER TWO Mozi	59	(56)
Introduction and Translation by Philip J. Ivanhoe
CHAPTER THREE Mengzi (Mencius)	115	(46)
Introduction and Translation by Bryan W. Van Norden
CHAPTER FOUR Laozi ("The Daodejini")	161	(46)
Introduction and Translation by Philip J. Ivanhoe
CHAPTER FIVE Zhuangzi	207	(48)
Introduction and Translation by Paul Kjellberg
CHAPTER SIX Xunzi	255	(56)
Introduction and Translation by Eric L. Hutton
CHAPTER SEVEN Han Feizi	311	(52)
Introduction and Translation by Joel Sahleen
SUPPLEMENTAL TEXTS
Gongsun Longzi "On the White Horse"	363	(6)
Introduction and Translation by Bryan W. Van Norden
Yangism "Robber Zhi"	369	(10)
Introduction and Translation by Paul Kjellberg
APPENDICES
Important Figures	379	(6)
Important Periods	385	(2)
Important Texts	387	(2)
Important Terms	389