Learning to Emulate the Wise is the first book of a three-volume series that constructs a historically informed, multidisciplinary framework to examine how traditional Chinese knowledge systems and grammars of knowledge construction interacted with Western paradigms in the formation and development of modern academic disciplines in China. In the first book of its kind in English, John Makeham and several other noted sinologists and explore how the field of "Chinese philosophy" (Zhongguo zhexue), developed in the early decades of the twentieth century, exploring the field's growth and relationship with European, American, and Japanese scholarship and philosophy. The volume discusses an array of representative individuals and institutions, including Nishi Amane, Hu Shi, Zhang Taiyan, Liang Shuming, Xiong Shili, Tang Yongtong, Feng Youlan, Jin Yuelin, and a range of Marxist philosophers. The epilogue concludes by discussing the intellectual-historical significance of these figures and throws into relief how Zhongguo zhexue is understood today.
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Acknowledgments vii
About the Series xi
List of Contributors xiii
Introduction John Makeham 1
Part I From Philosophy to Zhexue
1 Nishi Amane and the Birth of "Philosophy" and "Chinese Philosophy" in Early Meiji Japan Barry D. Steben 39
2 The Role of Masters Studies in the Early Formation of Chinese Philosophy as an Academic Discipline John Makeham 73
3 Zhang Taiyan, Yogacara Buddhism, and Chinese Philosophy John Makeham 103
Part II The Beida and Tsinghua Schools of Philosophy
4 Developing the Academic Discipline of Chinese Philosophy: The Departments of Philosophy at Peking, Tsinghua, and Yenching Universities (1910s-1930s) Xiaoqing Diana Lin 131
5 Hu Shi and the Search for System John Makeham 163
6 Introducing Buddhism as Philosophy: The Cases of Liang Shuming, Xiong Shili, and Tang Yongtong Thierry Meynard 187
7 Daoism as Academic Philosophy: Feng Youlan's New Metaphysics (Xin lixue) Hans-Georg Moeller 217
8 Jin Yuelin's Ambivalent Status as a "Chinese Philosopher" Yvonne Schulz Zinda 237
Part III The Critics' Voices
9 Fu Sinian's Views on Philosophy, Ancient Chinese Masters, and Chinese Philosophy Carine Defoort 275
10 Marxist Views on Traditional Chinese Philosophy Pre-1949 Yvonne Schulz Zinda 311
Epilogue: Inner Logic, Indigenous Grammars and the Identity of Zhongguo zhexue John Makeham 347
Index 373
Overview
Learning to Emulate the Wise is the first book of a three-volume series that constructs a historically informed, multidisciplinary framework to examine how traditional Chinese knowledge systems and grammars of knowledge construction interacted with Western paradigms in the formation and development of modern academic disciplines in China. In the first book of its kind in English, John Makeham and several other noted sinologists and explore how the field of "Chinese philosophy" (Zhongguo zhexue), developed in the ...