Dao Companion to Neo-Confucian Philosophy / Edition 1

by John Makeham

Overview

John Makeham Early in 2007, HUANG Yong approached me to see if I might be interested in editing a volume on Neo-Confucian philosophy as part of the new Springer book series, ‘‘Dao Companions to Chinese Philosophy. ’’ Unhampered by any realistic sense of what such a task might entail, somewhat naively I accepted the invitation and began to approach potential contributors to solicit advice on how the volume might be structured. The question of whether the volume should be arranged on the basis of philosophical themes and topics or organized on the basis of the philosophical thought of individual thinkers proved to be the first challenge. Intellectually the first option seemed to be the most rewarding (and difficult); it was also the one on which there was little consensus among contributors to the project about just how a thematic volume might be structured. The eventual decision to structure the volume on the basis of the philosophical thought of individual thinkers, in addition to being organizationally more straightforward, had the benefit of enabling authors to address issues of historical context more directly, and also to explore more systematically how individual thinkers had used particular combinations of concepts to frame their philosophical views. The choice of which thinkers to include was made through a combination of inviting the participation of contributors with acknowledged expertise on particular thinkers and also allowing contributors to choose the thinkers and ideas they wanted to introduce.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789048129294
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	07/13/2010
Series:	Dao Companions to Chinese Philosophy , #1
Edition description:	2010
Pages:	488
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

About the Author

John Makeham teaches in the China Centre at The Australian National University. He is a specialist in Chinese intellectual history with a particular interest in Confucian philosophy. In 2005 he was awarded the Joseph Levenson Book Prize for his monograph, Transmitters and Creators: Chinese Commentators and Commentaries on the Analects. He is a past President of the Australasian Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy and is editor of the new monograph series, Modern Chinese Philosophy (Brill). Current research undertakings including editing a volume on the formation of Chinese philosophy as an academic discipline and also preparing an annotated translation of Xiong Shili's Xin Weishi lun (New Treatise on Cognition-only), a seminal text in twentieth-century Chinese philosophy.

Table of 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 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 Christian Soffel 125

Zhu Xi's Cosmology John Berthrong 153

Zhu Xi's Moral Psychology Kwong-loi Shun 177

Lü Zuqian's Political Philosophy Kai Marchal 197

Neo-Confucian Philosophy and Genre: The Philosophical Writings of Chen Chun and Zhen Dexiu Hilde De Weerdt 223

Lu Xiangshan's Ethical Philosophy Philip J. Ivanhoe 249

"The Four Masters of Mingzhou": Transmission and Innovation among the Disciples of LU Jiuyuan (Xiangshan) Linda Walton 267

Metaphysics and the Basis of Morality in the Philosophy of Wang Yangming David W. Tien 295

Wang Yangming as a Virtue Ethicist Stephen C. Angle 315

Liu Zongzhou on Self-Cultivation Chung-yi Cheng 337

Wang Fuzhi's Philosophy of Principle (Li) Inherent in Qi JeeLoo Liu 355

Li Guangdi and the Philosophy of Human Nature NG On-cho 381

Dai Zhen on Human Nature and Moral Cultivation Justin Tiwald 399

Index 423

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

“This is primarily a ‘philosophical’ companion to a philosophical tradition but it also has a great deal to offer to intellectual historians, comparativists, and anyone interested in Chinese and East Asian thought. … This mostly philosophical companion to Neo-Confucian philosophy is highly informative on moral philosophy and moral psychology intimately linked in Neo-Confucianism. … this book will be widely consulted by philosophically minded scholars of all kinds and not just by specialists in China and East Asia.” (Conrad Schirokauer, Journal of Chinese Studies, Vol. 54, January, 2012)

“John Makeham’s Dao Companion to Neo-Confucian Philosophy is an extremely important collection of scholarly essays that will have to be in the bibliography of anyone commenting on relevant portions of the Neo-Confucian cultural development. … Makeham’s introductory essay … is most likely the most important contribution to the volume. Makeham provides an historical visionof Neo-Confucianism … and a helpful interpretation of the contemporary approaches.” (Robert C. Neville, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Vol. 71, 2012)

“Editor John Makeham called upon specialists from several lands to prepare this book. … the Dao Companion to Neo-Confucianism is an academic milestone. Its contributions to the study of Chinese Neo-Confucianism will continue to inform, intrigue, and stimulate scholarly and philosophic reflection for years to come. … It will also be a useful guide for advanced students and interested general readers. I recommend this book highly for every scholar of Chinese philosophy in general and Neo-Confucian thought in particular.” (Kirill O. Thompson, Journal of Chinese Religions, Vol. 39, 2011)

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