Encyclopedia of Chinese Philosophy

Encyclopedia of Chinese Philosophy PDF

Author: Antonio S. Cua

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 1043

ISBN-13: 1135367485

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Featuring contributions from the world's most highly esteemed Asian philosophy scholars, this important new encyclopedia covers the complex and increasingly influential field of Chinese thought, from earliest recorded times to the present day. Including coverage on the subject previously unavailable to English speakers, the Encyclopedia sheds light on the extensive range of concepts, movements, philosophical works, and thinkers that populate the field. It includes a thorough survey of the history of Chinese philosophy; entries on all major thinkers from Confucius to Mou Zongsan; essential topics such as aesthetics, moral philosophy, philosophy of government, and philosophy of literature; surveys of Confucianism in all historical periods (Zhou, Han, Tang, and onward) and in key regions outside China; schools of thought such as Mohism, Legalism, and Chinese Buddhism; trends in contemporary Chinese philosophy, and more.

Lao-tzu and the Tao-te-ching

Lao-tzu and the Tao-te-ching PDF

Author: Livia Kohn

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 9780791435991

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Examines the traditional and modern Western interpretations of the Tao-te-ching, and its author, Lao-tzu.

Huai-nan Tzu

Huai-nan Tzu PDF

Author: Charles Le Blanc

Publisher: Hong Kong University Press

Published: 1985-12-01

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 9622091792

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Huai-nan Tzu (139BC) was viewed, for its great diversity of subject-matter, ideas and style, by traditional Chinese scholars as a composite work of the Eclectic School. It is the author's contention, however, that one overriding concern pervades the work: the attempt to define the essential conditions for a Taoist political utopianism. The present study emphasizes Chapter Six of Huai-nan Tzu in expounding the theory of kan-ying STIMULUS-RESPONSE; RESONANCE, which postulates that all things in the universe are interrelated and influence each other according to pre-set patterns. Only in the True Man, who is 'one with Tao' and 'attuned to the cosmos', does kan-ying attain its ultimate realization, 'the Great Peace' and 'the Great Merging'. 'After all,' concludes the author, ' it is in Huai-nan Tzu that we find the statement'