Sources of Chinese Tradition : Volume 1: from Earliest Times To 1600

by Bloom, Irene

• ISBN13: 9780231109390
• ISBN10: 0231109393
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services

Summary

-- Yingshih Yü, Gordon Wu 1958 Professor of Chinese Studies and professor of history, Princeton University

Table of Contents

Explanatory Note	xxi
Preface	xxiii
Chronology	xxvii
PART ONE The Chinese Tradition in Antiquity	1	(224)
The Oracle-Bone Inscriptions of the Late Shang Dynasty	3	(21)
David N. Keightley
The Shang Dynasty	3	(2)
The Oracle Bone Inscriptions	5	(16)
Shang Conceptions of Time	6	(1)
Divination and Administration	7	(1)
The Power of the Dead	8	(2)
The High God (Di) and Other Powers	10	(4)
Regularity of the Ancestral Cult	14	(1)
Divination and the Ancestors	15	(1)
Divination and Legitimation	16	(1)
The Origins of Historical Rectitude: Fallibility and Accuracy in the Shang Divination Records	17	(2)
Divinatory ``Failure'' and the Origins of History	19	(1)
The Role of the King	20	(1)
The Evolution of Shang Divination	20	(1)
The Legacy of Shang	21	(3)
Classical Sources of Chinese Tradition	24	(17)
Burton Watson
David S. Nivison
Irene Bloom
The Classic of Documents	29	(1)
The ``Canon of Yao'' and the ``Canon of Shun''	29	(2)
The Grand Model	31	(1)
The Metal-Bound Coffer	32	(3)
Shao Announcement	35	(2)
The Classic of Odes	37	(1)
From the Greater Odes and Sacrificial Odes of Zhou	37	(2)
Airs from the States	39	(2)
Confucius and the Analects	41	(23)
Irene Bloom
Selections from the Analects	44	(20)
Mozi: Utility, Uniformity, and Universal Love	64	(13)
Burton Watson
Selections from the Mozi	66	(1)
Section 9: ``Honoring the Worthy'' (Part 2)	66	(2)
Section 11: ``Identifying with the Superior'' (Part 1)	68	(1)
Section 16: ``Universal Love'' (Part 3)	69	(1)
Section 26: ``The Will of Heaven'' (Part 1)	69	(5)
Section 27: ``The Will of Heaven'' (Part 2)	74	(1)
Section 39: ``Against Confucians'' (Part 2)	75	(2)
The Way of Laozi and Zhuangzi	77	(35)
Metaphysics and Government in the Laozi	77	(18)
I. Bloom
From the Daodejing	79	(16)
Transformation and Transcendence in the Zhuangzi	95	(17)
B. Watson
A. C. Graham
From Chapter 1, ``Free and Easy Wandering'' (BW)	96	(3)
From Chapter 2, ``The Sorting Which Evens Things Out'' (ACG, IB)	99	(4)
From Chapter 3, ``The Secret of Caring for Life'' (BW)	103	(2)
From Chapter 4, ``In the World of Men'' (BW)	105	(2)
From Chapter 5, ``The Sign of Virtue Complete'' (BW)	107	(1)
From Chapter 6, ``The Great and Venerable Teacher'' (BW)	108	(3)
From Chapter 7, ``Fit for Emperors and Kings''	111	(1)
W. T. de Bary
The Evolution of the Confucian Tradition in Antiquity	112	(78)
Mencius	114	(45)
I. Bloom
Selections from the Mencius	116	(8)
The Duty of Ministers to Reprove a Ruler	124	(5)
The Well-Field System of Landholding	129	(5)
Mencius' Arguments with Yang Zhu ad Mozi	134	(25)
Xunzi (IB)	159	(24)
Selections from the Xunzi	161	(1)
``Encouraging Learning''	161	(3)
``Cultivating Oneself''	164	(2)
``The Regulations of the King''	166	(4)
``A Discussion of Heaven''	170	(4)
``A Discussion of Rites''	174	(3)
``Dispelling Obscuration''	177	(2)
``Human Nature Is Evil''	179	(4)
The Zuozhuan	183	(7)
B. Watson
Selections from the Zuozhuan	184	(6)
Legalists and Militarists	190	(35)
The Guanzi	192	(1)
W. Allyn Rickett
The Book of Lord Shang	193	(6)
J. J. L. Duyvendak
The Han Feizi	199	(7)
B. Watson
Li Si: Legalist Theories in Practice (BW)	206	(7)
Memorial on Annexation of Feudal States	208	(1)
Memorial on the Abolition of the Enfeoffment System	209	(1)
Memorial on the Burning of Books	209	(1)
Memorial on Exercising Heavy Censure	210	(3)
The Military Texts: The Sunzi	213	(12)
Kidder Smith
Selections from the Sunzi	216	(9)
PART TWO The Making of a Classical Culture	225	(150)
The Han Reaction to Qin Absolutism	227	(8)
Jia Yi: ``The Faults of Qin''	228	(3)
Daniel W. Y. Kwok
The Rebellion of Chen She and Wu Guang	231	(1)
B. Watson
The Rise of Liu Bang, Founder of the Han (BW)	232	(1)
Liu Bang Becomes the First Emperor of the Han Dynasty (BW)	233	(2)
Syncretic Visions of State, Society, and Cosmos	235	(48)
Harold Roth
Sarah Queen
Nathan Sivin
The Theoretical Basis of the Imperial Institution	236	(37)
The Springs and Autumns of Mr. Lu (Lushi chunqiu) (NS)	236	(2)
The Round Way	238	(3)
The Huang-Lao Silk Manuscripts (Huang-Lao boshu) (HR and SQ)	241	(1)
Book 1: Normative Standards (Jingfa), Part 1	242	(5)
Normative Standards (Jingfa), Part 5	247	(3)
Normative Standards (Jingfa), Part 8	250	(2)
Book 4: The Source That Is the Way (Daoyuan)	252	(4)
The Guanzi	256	(1)
Techniques of the Mind, I (Xinshu, shang) (HR)	256	(7)
The Syncretist Chapters of the Zhuangzi	263	(1)
A. C. Graham
B. Watson
The Way of Heaven (Tiandao)
A. C. Graham
The World of Thought (Tianxia) (BW)	264	(4)
The Huainanzi on Rulership (HR)	268	(1)
Huainanzi 9, ``The Techniques of Rulership'' (``Zhushu'')	269	(1)
Huainanzi 1, ``The Original Way'' (``Yuandao'')	270	(1)
Huainanzi 14, ``Inquiring Words'' (``Quanyan'')	271	(2)
The Medical Microcosm (NS)	273	(5)
The Divine Pivot	275	(3)
A Syncretist Perspective on the Six Schools	278	(5)
``On the Six Lineages of Thought,'' by Sima Tan (HR and SQ)	278	(5)
The Imperial Order and Han Syntheses	283	(70)
Guidelines for Han Rulers	284	(8)
D. W. Y. Kwok
Lu Jia: The Natural Order and the Human Order	285	(5)
Jia Yi: The Primacy of the People (Minben)	290	(2)
Dong Zhongshu	292	(19)
Luxuriant Gems of the Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu fanlu)
S. Queen
Deriving Political Norms from Microcosmic and Macrocosmic Models	295	(1)
``The Conduct of Heaven and Earth''	295	(2)
``Comprehending the State as the Body''	297	(1)
The Responsibilities of Rulership	298	(1)
``Establishing the Primal Numen''	298	(2)
``The Way of the King Penetrates Three''	300	(2)
Defining Human Nature	302	(1)
``An In-Depth Examination of Names and Designations''	302	(3)
Interpreting Omens	305	(1)
``Humaneness Must Precede Wisdom''	305	(1)
Self-Cultivation	306	(1)
``Standards of Humaneness and Rightness''	307	(2)
The Issue of Moral Autonomy	309	(1)
Deciding Court Cases According to the Spring and Autumn Annals	310	(1)
The Codifying of the Confucian Canon	311	(7)
B. Watson
State Orthodoxy	311	(1)
State University	312	(1)
Civil Service	312	(1)
The Rivalry Between Legalism and Confucianism	313	(1)
The Confucian Canon	314	(3)
The Establishment of Confucianism	317	(1)
The Formation of the Classic of Changes (Yijing)	318	(7)
Richard John Lynn
The Commentary on the Appended Phrases, Part 1	319	(4)
The Commentary on the Appended Phrases, Part 2	323	(2)
Heaven, Earth, and the Human in the Classic of Filiality (Xiaojing)	325	(4)
WM. Theodore De Bary
The Classic of Filiality (Xiaojing)	326	(3)
The Record of Rites (Liji) and the Ritual Tradition	329	(17)
The Great Learning (Daxue)	330	(3)
I. Bloom
The Mean (Zhongyong) (IB)	333	(6)
``The Meaning of Sacrifices'' (``Jiyi'') (IB)	339	(3)
The ``Evolution of Rites'' (``Liyun'') (BW)	342	(1)
The ``Record of Music'' (``Yueji'') (IB)	343	(1)
Ban Gu: Discourses in the White Tiger Hall	344	(2)
Han Views of the Universal Order (BW)	346	(7)
The Creation of the Universe	346	(1)
From the Huainanzi	346	(1)
The Five Phases	347	(2)
The Reconstruction of Chinese History	349	(2)
The Concept and Marking of Time	351	(2)
The Economic Order	353	(14)
Burton Watson
Edict of Emperor Wen on the Primacy of Agriculture (163 B.C.E.)	354	(1)
Chao Cuo: Memorial on the Encouragement of Agriculture	355	(2)
Dong Zhongshu: Memorial on Land Reform	357	(1)
State Control of Commerce and Industry	358	(5)
The Debate on Salt and Iron	360	(3)
The Reforms of Wang Mang	363	(4)
Wang Mang: Edict on Land Reform	363	(4)
The Great Han Historians	367	(8)
Burton Watson
The Records of the Grand Historian	368	(7)
Sima Qian: The Sacred Duty of the Historian	370	(3)
The Writing of the First Dynastic History	373	(2)
PART THREE Later Daoism and Mahayana Buddhism in China	375	(162)
Learning of the Mysterious	377	(15)
Richard John Lynn
Wing-Tsit Chan
Wang Bi (RJL)	378	(14)
General Remarks on the Changes of the Zhaou (RJL)	379	(2)
General Remarks on the Subtle and Profound Meaning of the Laozi (RJL)	381	(4)
The Sage (RJL)	385	(1)
Guo Xiang: Commentary on the Zhuangzi (WTC)	386	(4)
Xi Kang: On the Absence of Predetermination (WTC)	390	(2)
Daoist Religion	392	(23)
Franciscus Verellen
Nathan Sivin
Kristofer Schipper
The Lives of the Immortals	394	(1)
Commandments of Lord Lao (KS)	395	(1)
Regulations for Petitioning (NS)	396	(3)
The Master Who Embraces Simplicity (FV)	399	(1)
The Doctrine of the Three Heavens (FV)	400	(2)
Pronouncements of the Perfected (KS)	402	(2)
The Five Sentiments of Gratitude (FV)	404	(2)
The Divine Incantations Scripture (NS)	406	(4)
Encounters with Immortals (FV)	410	(2)
The Western Journey of the Perfected Changchun	412	(3)
Arthur Waley
The Introduction of Buddhism	415	(18)
Leon Hurvitz
Tsai Heng-Ting
Basic Teachings of Buddhism	415	(5)
The Coming of Buddhism to China	420	(13)
Mouzi: Disposing of Error	421	(5)
Huiyuan: ``A Monk Does Not Bow Down Before a King''	426	(3)
Admonitions of the Fanwang Sutra	429	(4)
Tsai Heng-ting
Schools of Buddhist Doctrine	433	(48)
Leon Hurvitz
Burton Watson
Daniel Stevenson
George Tanabe
Wing-Tsit Chan
The General Character of Doctrinal Buddhism	433	(2)
Schools of Chinese Buddhist Philosophy	435	(41)
The Three-Treatise School	436	(2)
Jizang: The Profound Meaning of the Three Treatises (LH)	438	(2)
The School of Consciousness-Only (WTC)	440	(2)
Xuanzang: Confirmation of the Consciousness-Only System (WTC)	442	(2)
The Lotus School: The Tiantai Synthesis (DS)	444	(2)
Excerpts from the Lotus Sutra (BW)	446	(9)
Guanding: On the Five Periods of the Buddha's Teaching (DS)	455	(3)
Huisi: The Method of Calming and Contemplation in the Mahayana (LH)	458	(2)
Zhiyi: The Great Calming and Contemplation (LH)	460	(2)
Zhiyi: The Lotus Samadhi Rite of Repentance (DS)	462	(5)
Zhiyi on the Concept of Ritual Repentance (DS)	467	(4)
The Flower Garland (Huayan) School (GT)	471	(1)
The Flower Garden Sutra	472	(4)
Buddhism's Assimilation to Tang Political Culture	476	(5)
C. Orzech
The Humane King as Protector of Buddhism	477	(4)
Schools of Buddhist Practice	481	(56)
Leon Hurvitz
Daniel Stevenson
Philip B. Yampolsky
Chun-Fang Yu
The Pure Land School	481	(10)
Tanluan: Commentary to Vasubandhu's Essay on Rebirth (LH)	483	(2)
Daochuo: Compendium on the Happy Land (DS, LH)	485	(4)
Shandao: ``The Parable of the White Path''	489	(2)
W. T. de Bary
The Meditation School	491	(38)
The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (PBY)	494	(10)
Linji Yixuan: ``Seeing Into One's Own Nature'' (PBY)	504	(5)
Anecdotes of Master Caoshan (PBY)	509	(5)
Yuanwu: Blue Cliff Records (PBY)	514	(3)
The Legend of Baizhang, ``Founder'' of Chan Monastic Discipline	517	(2)
T. G. Foulk
Regulations of the Chan School (Chanmen guishi) (TGF)	519	(3)
Zongze: Principles of Seated Meditation (Zuochan)	522	(3)
C. Bielefeldt
The Chanyuan Monastic Code (Chun-fang Yu)	525	(4)
Buddhist Rituals and Devotional Practices (CFY)	529	(8)
Zhongfang Mingben: Admonition on Filiality	529	(2)
Miracles of Guanyin	531	(1)
The Real Presence	531	(1)
Guanyin and Cutting One's Body (Gegu)	532	(2)
Miracles About White-Robed Guanyin as Giver of Children	534	(1)
The Southern Mount Wutai as a Pilgrimage Center	535	(2)
PART FOUR The Confucian Revival and Neo-Confucianism	537	(388)
Social Life and Political Culture in the Tang	539	(48)
The Role of Confucianism in the Tang	540	(6)
House Instructions of Mr. Yan (Yanshi jiaxun)	541	(5)
A. Dien
The Great Tang Code	546	(8)
Wallace Johnson
Zhangsun Wuji: The Tang Code	547	(7)
Debates on Taxes and Enfeoffment in the Tang	554	(10)
Yang Yan: Memorial Proposing the Twice-a-Year Tax	554	(2)
W. T. de Bary
Lu Zhi: Against the Twice-a-Year Tax (WTdB)	556	(3)
Liu Zongyuan: ``Essay on Enfeoffment''	559	(5)
J. Mason Gentaler
Li Bo and Du Fu: Two Tang Poets in a Troubled World	564	(4)
Li Bo: ``Fighting South of the Ramparts''	565	(1)
A. Waley
Du Fu: ``A Song of My Cares When Going from the Capital to Fengxian''	566	(2)
Stephen Owen
Han Yu and the Confucian ``Way''	568	(19)
Charles Hartman
``Essentials of the Moral Way'' (CH)	569	(5)
``Poem on the Sagacious Virtue of Primal Harmony'' (CH)	574	(8)
``Discourse on Teachers'' (Shishuo)	582	(1)
B. Watson
Memorial on the Bone of Buddha (BW)	583	(2)
Emperor Wuzong's Edict on the Suppression of Buddhism (BW)	585	(2)
The Confucian Revival in the Song	587	(80)
WM. Theodore De Bary
Institutional, Educational, and Moral Reform in the Song	590	(6)
Ouyang Xiu: ``Essay on Fundamentals'' (``Benlun'')	590	(5)
On Parties	595	(1)
The Confucian Program of Reform	596	(2)
The Way as the Basis for Government Policy	598	(30)
Cheng Yi: Memorial to Emperor Renzong	598	(3)
Cheng Hao: Ten Matters Calling for Reform	601	(4)
Zhang Zai: Land Equalization and the Enfeoffment System	605	(1)
Su Xun: The Land System --- A Dissenting View	606	(3)
The New Laws of Wang Anshi	609	(3)
Wang Anshi: Memorial to Emperor Renzong (1058)	612	(4)
Memorial on the Crop Loans Measure	616	(2)
Cheng Hao: Remonstrance Against the New Laws	618	(1)
Wang Anshi: In Defense of Five Major Policies	619	(2)
Opposition to the New Laws of Wang Anshi	621	(1)
Su Shi: Memorial to Emperor Shenzong	621	(4)
Sima Guang: A Petition to Do Away with the Most Harmful of the New Laws	625	(1)
Zhu Xi: Wang Anshi in Retrospect	626	(2)
The Learning of the Emperors and the Classics Mat	628	(11)
Fan Zuyu: The Learning of the Emperors	629	(5)
Marie Guarino
Cheng Yi: Letter to the Empress Dowager Concerning the Classics Mat (MG)	634	(2)
Cheng Yi: Memorials to the Throne on the Classics Mat (MG)	636	(3)
Registering Public Opinion in the Song	639	(5)
Su Shi on Public Discourse	639	(2)
Charles Hartman
Political Activities of Song University Students	641	(1)
Chen Dong: Memorial to Emperor Qinzong Declining Official Appointment	641	(3)
Thomas H. C. Lee
Historical Reflections on Government	644	(8)
Hoyt Tillman
Chen Liang on Utility	644	(1)
``The Way of Order and the Way of Institutions, Past and Present''	645	(2)
``On People and Laws''	647	(5)
The Writing Of History	652	(15)
Conrad Schirokauer
Liu Zhiji (CS)	654	(1)
Du You: Preface to the section on ``Food and Goods'' of the Comprehensive Institutions (THCL)	655	(1)
Sima Guang: History as Mirror (CS)	656	(2)
Su Che: The Authority of the Historian (CS)	658	(1)
Lu Zuqian: How to Study History	659	(1)
Burton Watson
The Cheng Brothers: Cyclical and Linear Change (CS)	660	(1)
Zhu Xi: History and Philosophy in Tandem (BW)	661	(2)
Zheng Qiao: History as a Continuous Stream (BW)	663	(1)
Ma Duanlin: Institutional History	664	(3)
Hok-lam Chan
Neo-Confucianism: The Philosophy of Human Nature and the Way of the Sage	667	(53)
Zhou Dunyi: The Metaphysics and Practice of Sagehood	669	(9)
Joseph Adler
``Explanation of the Diagram of the Supreme Polarity'' (``Taijitu shuo'')	672	(4)
Penetratiiig the Classic of Changes (Tongshu)	676	(2)
The Numerically Patterned Universe in the Philosophy of Shao Yong	678	(4)
Anne Birdwhistell
On the Categories and Images of the Universe	680	(1)
On Human Experience	680	(1)
On Becoming a Sage	681	(1)
Zhang Zai and the Unity of All Creation	682	(7)
W. T. Chan
The ``Western Inscription'' (``Ximing'')	683	(1)
Correcting Youthful Ignorance	684	(5)
The Cheng Brothers: Principle, Human Nature, and the Learing of the Way (WTC)	689	(8)
Principle and the Universe	690	(1)
Human Nature	691	(1)
Cheng Hao's Reply to Zhang Zai's Letter on the Stabilizing of Human Nature	692	(1)
Reverent Seriousness and Humanity	693	(1)
On Understanding the Nature of Humanity	694	(3)
The Synthesis of Song Neo-Confucianism in Zhu Xi	697	(17)
WTC, W. T. De Bary
Principle and Material-Force	699	(2)
The Supreme Ultimate (Polarity)	701	(1)
Heaven-and-Earth	702	(1)
Spiritual Beings	703	(1)
Human Nature, the Nature of Things, and Their Destiny	704	(1)
The Nature as Principle	704	(2)
Human Nature and the Nature of Things Compared	706	(1)
The Psycho-Physical Nature	707	(1)
The Mind-and-Heart	708	(2)
The Mind, the Nature, and the Feelings	710	(1)
Humaneness	711	(2)
Buddhism	713	(1)
The Universal Mind in Lu Jiuyuan	714	(6)
Liu Shu-Hsien
Mind Is Principle	715	(2)
Methods of Cultivation	717	(2)
Differences Between Lu Jiuyuan and Zhu Xi (WTC)	719	(1)
Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucian Program	720	(35)
WM. Theodore De Bary
Preface to the Great Learning by Chapter and Phrase	721	(4)
The Great Learning by Chapter and Phrase, Chapter 1	725	(6)
Preface to the Mean by Chapter and Phrase	731	(3)
The Mean by Chapter and Phrase (Zhongyong Zhangiu), Chapter 1	734	(3)
``Personal Proposals for Schools and Official Recruitment''	737	(5)
Ron Guey Chu
``Articles of the White Deer Grotto Academy''	742	(2)
Preface to the Family Rituals	744	(2)
Patricia Ebrey
``Proposal for Community Granaries''	746	(2)
Thomas H. C. Lee
``Proclamation of Instructions''	748	(3)
R. G. Chu
``The Lu Family Community Compact, Amended and Emended''	751	(4)
John Meskill
Ideological Foundations of Late Imperial China	755	(45)
WM. Theodore De Bary
Edward Farmer
John Dardess
Zhen Dexiu's Advice to the Emperor (WTdB)	755	(9)
Preface to the Extended Meaning of the Great Learning	757	(3)
The Classic of the Mind-and-Heart	760	(4)
Xu Heng and Khubilai Khan (WTdB)	764	(15)
Five Measures Required by the Times	765	(2)
On Elementary Learning and Great Learning	767	(3)
Straight Talk on the Essentials of the Great Learning (Zhishuo Daxue yaolue)	770	(4)
The Examination Debate Under Khubilai	774	(4)
Sage King and Sage Minister: Ouyang Xuan on Khubilai and Xu Heng	778	(1)
Ming Foundations of Late Imperial China	779	(21)
Ming Taizu: August Ming Ancestral Instruction	780	(3)
Edward Farmer
The Ming Code and Commandments (EF)	783	(3)
Education and Examinations	786	(1)
John Dardess
The Horizontal Stele (Disciplinary Rules for Students)	787	(1)
Ming Taizu: Placard for the Instruction of the People (EF)	788	(3)
Ming Taizu: Discussion of the Three Teachings (JD)	791	(2)
Fang Xiaoru: ``Final Essay on the Legitimate Succession of Dynasties'' (JD)	793	(3)
Liu Zongzhou: On Fang Xiaoru (Julia Ching)	796	(1)
Hu Guang: Memorial on the Great Compendia (JD)	797	(3)
Neo-Confucian Education	800	(41)
WM. Theodore De Bary
Zhu Xi: Preface to the Elementary Learning	803	(1)
Wang Yinglin: The Three Character Classic (Sanzi Jing)	804	(3)
The Standard School Curriculum	807	(12)
``School Code of Masters Cheng and Dong'' (``Cheng-Dong er xiansheng xuece'')	808	(3)
John Meskill
Zhen Dexiu: ``Instructions for Children''	811	(1)
R. G. Chu
Zhu Xi's Reading Method	812	(2)
Cheng Duanmeng: ``A Primer of Human Nature and Principle''	814	(2)
Cheng Duanli: ``Daily Schedule of Study in the Cheng Family School, Graded According to Age'' (``Chengshi jiashu dushu fennian richeng'') (JM)	816	(3)
Women's Education	819	(22)
Theresa Kelleher
Ban Zhao: Admonitions for Women (Nujie)	821	(3)
Nancy Lee Swann
Madam Cheng: Classic of Filiality for Women (Nu xiaojing) (TK)	824	(3)
Song Ruozhao: Analects for Women (TK)	827	(4)
Empress Xu: Instructions for the Inner Quarters (Neixun) (TK)	831	(6)
Zhu Xi: Funerary Inscription for Madam You, Lady of Jia'nan	837	(4)
Bettine Birge
Self and Society in the Ming	841	(84)
Wang Yangming	842	(13)
Wang Yangming's New Learning of the Mind-and-Heart	842	(1)
Memoir on the Reconstruction of Shanyin Prefectural School	843	(1)
W. T. de Bary
``Questions on the Great Learning''	844	(3)
W. T. Chan
Preface to the Collected Writings of Lu Xiangshan (WTdB)	847	(2)
The Identification of Mind and Principle	849	(1)
The Unity of Knowing and Acting	849	(1)
The Colloquy at the Tianquan Bridge	850	(1)
Social and Political Measures of Wang Yangming	851	(1)
Fundamental Ideas on Elementary Education (WTC)	852	(1)
The Community Compact for Southern Ganzhou (WTC)	853	(2)
The Wang Yangming School	855	(10)
Wang Ji and the Freedom of Innate Knowing (WTdB)	857	(2)
Wang Gen: The Common Man as Sage (WTdB)	859	(1)
The Huainan Investigation of Things	860	(1)
``Clear Wisdom and Self Preservation''	861	(2)
``The Enjoyment of Learning''	863	(1)
The Taizhou School as a Popular Movement	864	(1)
Li Zhi: Arch-Individualist (WTdB)	865	(9)
The Childlike Mind-and-Heart	867	(1)
Phony Sages	868	(2)
Pursuing Zhu Xi's ``Learning for One's Self''	870	(1)
The Legitimacy of Being Self Interested	871	(3)
Luo Qinshun and the Philosophy of Qi	874	(10)
I. Bloom
Monism of Qi	875	(2)
Human Nature	877	(2)
Desires and Feelings	879	(1)
The Nature of Knowledge	880	(4)
Chen Jian and His Thorough Critique (WTdB)	884	(3)
Diagram of the Mind	886	(1)
The Practical Learning of Lu Kun	887	(12)
Joanna Handlin Smith
Restoration of Community Schools	888	(4)
Frugality and Famine Relief	892	(3)
Music in the Home	895	(1)
Education for Women	896	(3)
Morality Books	899	(17)
R. G. Chu
The Treatise of the Most Exalted One on Moral Retribution (WTC)	899	(3)
The Silent Way of Recompense (Yinzhiwen) (WTC)	902	(2)
Ledgers of Merit and Demerit	904	(1)
The Ledger of Merit and Demerit of the Taiwei Immortal	905	(1)
R. G. Chu
Yuan Huang's Ledger (RGC)	906	(2)
Morality Books and Social Change	908	(1)
A Synthetic Compilation of Ledgers of Merit and Demerit	909	(2)
Sakai Tadao
Meritorious Deeds at No Cost	911	(5)
The Donglin Academy	916	(7)
Heinrich Busch
Gu Xiancheng: Compact for Meetings of the Donglin Academy	919	(4)
Liu Zongzhou on Life and Death	923	(2)
Tu Weiming
``Teaching on Life and Death'' (``Shengsi shuo'')	923	(2)
Glossary of Key Terms	925	(4)
Bibliography	929	(12)
Pinyin to Wade-Giles Romanization Chart	941	(2)
Index	943