Dao Companion to Neo-Confucian Philosophy

This Companion is the first volume to provide a comprehensive introduction, in accessible English, to the Neo-Confucian philosophical thought of representative Chinese thinkers from the eleventh to the eighteenth centuries. It brings together nineteen ess

  • PDF / 6,018,584 Bytes
  • 521 Pages / 439.37 x 666.142 pts Page_size
  • 39 Downloads / 211 Views

DOWNLOAD

REPORT


Dao Companions to Chinese Philosophy Editor HUANG Yong Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.

While ‘‘philosophy’’ is a Western term, philosophy is not something exclusively Western. In this increasingly global world, the importance of non-Western philosophy becomes more and more obvious. Among all the non-Western traditions, Chinese philosophy is certainly one of the richest. In a history of more than 2500 years, many extremely important classics, philosophers, and schools have been produced. As China is becoming an economical power today, it is only natural that more and more people become interested in learning about the cultural tradition, including the philosophical tradition, of China. The Dao Companions to Chinese Philosophy series aims to provide the most comprehensive and most updated introduction to various aspects of Chinese philosophy as well as philosophical traditions heavily influenced by it. Each volume in this series focuses on an individual school, text, or person.

For other titles published in this series, go to www.springer.com/series/8596

John Makeham Editor

Dao Companion to Neo-Confucian Philosophy

13

Editor John Makeham School of Culture, History and Language College of Asia and the Pacific Bldg. #110 The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200 Australia [email protected]

ISBN 978-90-481-2929-4 e-ISBN 978-90-481-2930-0 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-2930-0 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010925028 # Springer ScienceþBusiness Media B.V. 2010 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Cover Caligraphy: Ni Peimin Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Makeham

ix

ZHOU Dunyi’s Philosophy of the Supreme Polarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tze-ki Hon

1

SHAO Yong’s Numerological-Cosmological System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don J. Wyatt

17

ZHANG Zai’s Theory of Vital Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robin R. Wang and DING Weixiang

39

CHENG Yi’s Moral Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HUANG Yong

59

The Thesis of Single-Rootedness in the Thought of CHENG Hao . . . . . . . . WONG Wai-ying

89

HU Hong’s Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hans van Ess

105

ZHANG Shi’s Philosophical Perspectives on Human Nature, Heart/Mind, Humaneness, and the Supreme Ultimate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hoyt Cleveland Tillman