Dao Companion to ZHU Xi’s Philosophy

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Kai-chiu Ng

   Pages 1-12

3. Zhu Xi: The Philosopher as a Commentator

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. Zhu Xi: His Life, His Works, and the Evolving Formation of His Philosophy

      • Jifen Li, Shiling Xiang

      Pages 15-46

   3. Zhu Xi’s Hermeneutics

      • On-cho Ng

      Pages 47-70

   4. Zhu Xi’s Four Books: The Locus Classicus of a New Confucian Philosophy

      • Tze-ki Hon

      Pages 71-88

   5. Zhu Xi’s Interpretation of the Five Canonical Scriptures

      • Hans van Ess

      Pages 89-106

4. Zhu Xi in the Chinese Confucian Tradition

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107

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   2. Zhu Xi and Pre-Qin Confucianism

      • Don J. Wyatt

      Pages 109-128

   3. Zhu Xi and the Han–Tang Confucians

      • Don J. Wyatt

      Pages 129-143

   4. Zhu Xi and the Five Masters of Northern Song

      • Kai-chiu Ng

      Pages 145-167

   5. Zhu Xi and his Contemporaries: Zhang Shi, Lü Zuqian, Chen Liang, and Lu Jiuyuan

      • Hoyt Cleveland Tillman

      Pages 169-194

   6. Zhu Xi and Later Neo-Confucians

      • Zemian Zheng

      Pages 195-219

   7. Zhu Xi and Contemporary New Confucians: Reflections on Mou Zongsan’s and Tang Junyi’s Interpretations

      • Cho-hon Yang, Ko-chu Lai

      Pages 221-240

5. Aspects of Zhu Xi’s Philosophy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 241-241

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   2. Li and Qi as Supra-Metaphysics

      • Galia Patt-Shamir

      Pages 243-263

   3. Zhu Xi’s Metaphysical Theory of Human Nature

      • Junghwan Lee

      Pages 265-287

   4. Theory of Knowledge 1: Gewu and Zhizhi

      • Yiu-ming Fung

      Pages 289-311

   5. Theory of Knowledge 2: “Genuine Knowledge” and the Problem of Knowledge and Action in Zhu Xi

      • Kai-chiu Ng

      Pages 313-327

   6. Zhu Xi’s Cosmological and Metaphysical Interpretations of the Confucian Cardinal Virtues

      • Shuhong Zheng

      Pages 329-343

Zhu Xi (1130-1200) has been commonly and justifiably recognized as the most influential philosopher of Neo-Confucianism, a revival of classical Confucianism in face of the challenges coming from Daoism and, more importantly, Buddhism. His place in the Confucian tradition is often and also very plausibly compared to that of Thomas Aquinas, slightly later, in the Christian tradition. This book presents the most comprehensive and updated study of this great philosopher.  It situates Zhu Xi’s philosophy in the historical context of not only Confucian philosophy but also Chinese philosophy as a whole.  Topics covered within Zhu Xi’s thought are metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, political philosophy, hermeneutics, philosophy of religion, moral psychology, and moral education.  This text shows both how Zhu Xi responded to earlier thinkers and how his thoughts resonate in contemporary philosophy, particularly in the analytic tradition.  This companion will appealto students, researchers and educators in the field.

• Confucianism
• Ethics
• Human Nature
• Moral Cultivation
• Moral Psychology
• Neo-Confucianism
• Theory of Knowledge
• Zhu Xi

• Department of Philosophy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong

  Kai-chiu Ng, Yong Huang

Kai-chiu Ng is a senior lecturer of Department of Philosophy at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His main research interest lies in Confucianism, especially Zhu Xi’s philosophy. He is the author of Zhu Xi’s Theory of Self-Cultivation of Probing Principle (in Chinese).

Yong Huang is a professor of Department of Philosophy at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, the editor of Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy and The Dao Companions to Chinese Philosophy series. Author of three monographs in English and three collections of essays in Chinese, he is also an author of 80+ articles each in Chinese or English. His main areas of research are Chinese philosophy, comparative philosophy, and ethics..

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