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9780684836348

A Short History of Chinese Philosophy

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  • ISBN13:

    9780684836348

  • ISBN10:

    0684836343

  • Edition: Revised
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-03-01
  • Publisher: Free Press

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Summary

Originally published: New York: Macmillan, 1948.

Author Biography

Responsible for reintroduing the study of Chinese philosophy in the 20th century, Feng Yu-lan is considered the father of Neo-Confucianism. He studied at Columbia University and taught at Quinghua University and Peking University. He died in 1990.

Table of Contents

Editor's Introduction xi
Author's Preface xix
The Spirit of Chinese Philosophy
1(15)
The Background of Chinese Philosophy
16(14)
The Origin of the Schools
30(8)
Confucius, the First Teacher
38(11)
Mo Tzu, the First Opponent of Confucius
49(11)
The First Phase of Taoism: Yang Chu
60(8)
The Idealistic Wing of Confucianism: Mencius
68(12)
The School of Names
80(13)
The Second Phase of Taoism: Lao Tzu
93(11)
The Third Phase of Taoism: Chuang Tzu
104(14)
The Later Mohists
118(11)
The Yin-Yang School and Early Chinese Cosmogony
129(14)
The Realistic Wing of Confucianism: Hsun Tzu
143(12)
Han Fei Tzu and the Legalist School
155(11)
Confucianist Metaphysics
166(12)
World Politics and World Philosophy
178(13)
Theorizer of the Han Empire: Tung Chung-Shu
191(13)
The Ascendancy of Confucianism and Revival of Taoism
204(13)
Neo-Taoism: The Rationalists
217(14)
Neo-Taoism: The Sentimentalists
231(10)
The Foundation of Chinese Buddhism
241(14)
Ch'anism, the Philosophy of Silence
255(11)
Neo-Confucianism: The Cosmologists
266(15)
Neo-Confucianism: The Beginning of the Two Schools
281(13)
Neo-Confucianism: The School of Platonic Ideas
294(13)
Neo-Confucianism: The School of Universal Mind
307(12)
The Introduction of Western Philosophy
319(13)
Chinese Philosophy in the Modern World
332(11)
Bibliography 343(8)
Index 351

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