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Lunli and Confucian Moral Theory

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  • Jul 2024
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Authors:
  1. Hao Fan

    1. Nanjing, China

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  • Introduces and unveils the Chinese cultural code behind “lunli”
  • Systematically compares the concepts of Chinese “lunli” with the English term “ethic”
  • Innovatively explores and explains what the world would be like without “lunli”

Part of the book series: Key Concepts in Chinese Thought and Culture (KCCTC)

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Keywords

  • Lunli and Chinese philosophy
  • Concepts of Chinese Civilization
  • li (rationality) as the justification of lun (human relations)
  • Chinese cultural traditions
  • China's lunli -oriented culture
  • Lunli and the structure of Chinese society

About this book

This book interprets the concepts, philosophies and cultural traditions of lunli (roughly construed as “relationships and rationality”) from the perspective and domain of ‘dialogue civilization.’ On the conceptual level, it expounds the common reference and different tenets of the Chinese “lunli” and the Western “ethic”, exploring the characteristics of “lunli” and "ethic" in civilization history, considering notably the difference between unification of family and state and division of the two at the embryonic stage of civilization. The book draws on the lunli-oriented culture and religion-based culture to demonstrate the difference between Chinese “lunli” and Western “ethic” in their respective top design and ultimate care, by exploring the issue “What the world would be like, if there were no lunli” for the Chinese and “What the world would be like, if there were no God” for westerners. Since “lunli” is the most prominent feature of “being Chinese”, or the mostsymbolic and interpretative Chinese cultural concept, this pivot provides a key introduction for Western readers not only to the concept itself, but also to modern day Chinese culture.

 

 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Nanjing, China

    Hao Fan

About the author

Hao Fan (Heping Fan) is Professor of Southeast University, China, Distinguished Professor and Changjiang Scholar, Vice President of Jiangsu Provincial Academy of Social Sciences; Deputy Director of Academic Committee and Director of Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Southeast University; Deputy Director and Senior Research Fellow of World Ethics Institute Beijing at Peking University; Senior Visiting Scholar at the University of Oxford, and Visiting Professor at King's College London. In 1992, Fan was promoted professor and became the youngest professor of philosophy and ethics in China.

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