The Routledge History of Chinese Philosophy

by Mou; Bo

• ISBN13: 9780415356886
• ISBN10: 0415356881
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-12-05
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The History of Chinese Philosophy is a comprehensive and authoritative examination of the movements and thinkers that have shaped Chinese philosophy over the last three thousand years. An outstanding team of international contributors provide seventeen accessible entries organised into four clear parts: Identity of Chinese Philosophy Classical Chinese Philosophy (I): Pre-Han Period Classical Chinese Philosophy (II): From Han Through Tang Classical Chinese Philosophy (III): From Song Through Early Qing Modern Chinese Philosophy: From Late Qing Through 21st Century This outstanding collection is essential reading for students of Chinese philosophy, and will be of interest to those seeking to explore the lasting significance this rich and complex philosophical tradition.

Author Biography

Bo Mou is Director of the Center for Comparative Philosophy at San Jose State University, USA

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
On some methodological issues concerning Chinese philosophy: an introduction	p. 1
Identity of Chinese philosophy	p. 41
The emergence of the history of Chinese philosophy	p. 43
Classical Chinese philosophy (I): Pre-Han period	p. 69
The Yi-Jing and Yin-Yang way of thinking	p. 71
Classical Confucianism (I): Confucius and the Lun-Yu	p. 107
The Mohist school	p. 137
The school of Names	p. 164
Classical Confucianism (II): Meng Zi and Xun Zi	p. 189
Daoism (I): Lao Zi and the Dao-De-Jing	p. 209
Daoism (II): Zhuang Zi and the Zhuang-Zi	p. 237
Classical Chinese philosophy (II): From Han through Tang	p. 267
Philosophy in the Han dynasty	p. 269
Neo-Daoism	p. 303
Chinese Buddhist philosophy from Han through Tang	p. 324
Classical Chinese philosophy (III): From Song through early Qing	p. 363
Neo-Confucianism (I): From Cheng Yi to Zhu Xi	p. 365
Neo-Confucianism (II): From Lu Jiu-yuan to Wang Yang-ming	p. 396
Philosophical development in late Ming and early Qing	p. 429
Modern Chinese philosophy: From Late Qing through the twenty-first century	p. 471
Enlightenment movement	p. 473
Development of dialectical materialism in China	p. 512
Contemporary Neo-Confucian philosophy	p. 539
Constructive engagement of Chinese and Western philosophy: a contemporary trend toward world philosophy	p. 571
Appendixes
Comparative chronology of philosophers	p. 609
Note on transcription	p. 613
Index	p. 615
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