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Dao Companion to Neo-Confucian Philosophy

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Editors:
  1. John Makeham

    1. Fac. Asian Studies, China & Korea Centre, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

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  • The first volume in English to provide a comprehensive introduction to the Neo-Confucian thought of representative Chinese thinkers
  • Combines methodological approaches from both comparative philosophy and Chinese intellectual traditions
  • Addresses problematics from Western philosophical traditions and engages topics and debates that emanate from within Chinese traditions
  • Provides detailed insights into changing perspectives on key philosophical concepts and their relationship with one another

Part of the book series: Dao Companions to Chinese Philosophy (DCCP, volume 1)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xliii
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  2. Zhou Dunyi’s Philosophy of the Supreme Polarity

    • Tze-ki Hon
    Pages 1-16

  3. Shao Yong’s Numerological-Cosmological System

    • Don J. Wyatt
    Pages 17-37

  4. Zhang Zai’s Theory of Vital Energy

    • Robin R. Wang, Ding Weixiang
    Pages 39-57

  5. Cheng Yi’s Moral Philosophy

    • Huang Yong
    Pages 59-87

  6. The Thesis of Single-Rootedness in the Thought of Cheng Hao

    • Wong Wai-ying
    Pages 89-104

  7. Hu Hong’s Philosophy

    • Hans van Ess
    Pages 105-123

  8. Zhang Shi’s Philosophical Perspectives on Human Nature, Heart/Mind, Humaneness, and the Supreme Ultimate

    • Hoyt Cleveland Tillman, Christian Soffel
    Pages 125-151

  9. Zhu Xi’s Cosmology

    • John Berthrong
    Pages 153-175

  10. Zhu Xi’s Moral Psychology

    • Kwong loi Shun
    Pages 177-195

  11. Lü Zuqian’s Political Philosophy

    • Kai Marchal
    Pages 197-222

  12. Neo-Confucian Philosophy and Genre: The Philosophical Writings of Chen Chun and Zhen Dexiu

    • Hilde De Weerdt
    Pages 223-248

  13. Lu Xiangshan’s Ethical Philosophy

    • Philip J. Ivanhoe
    Pages 249-266

  14. “The Four Masters of Mingzhou”: Transmission and Innovation among the Disciples of Lu Jiuyuan (Xiangshan)

    • Linda Walton
    Pages 267-293

  15. Metaphysics and the Basis of Morality in the Philosophy of Wang Yangming

    • David W. Tien
    Pages 295-314

  16. Wang Yangming as a Virtue Ethicist

    • Stephen C. Angle
    Pages 315-335

  17. Liu Zongzhou on Self-Cultivation

    • Chung-yi Cheng
    Pages 337-353

  18. Wang Fuzhi’s Philosophy of Principle (Li) Inherent in Qi

    • JeeLoo Liu
    Pages 355-379

  19. Li Guangdi and the Philosophy of Human Nature

    • Ng On-cho
    Pages 381-398

  20. Dai Zhen on Human Nature and Moral Cultivation

    • Justin Tiwald
    Pages 399-422
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About this book

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.

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)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Fac. Asian Studies, China & Korea Centre, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

    John Makeham

About the editor

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.

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