A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• TeilnehmendeR: Chan, Wing-Tsit.
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2008]; ©1963
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (888 p.)

A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy is a milestone along the complex and difficult road to significant understanding by Westerners of the Asian peoples and a monumental contribution to the cause of philosophy. It is the first anthology of Chinese philosophy to cover its entire historical development. It provides substantial selections from all the great thinkers and schools in every period--ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary--and includes in their entirety some of the most important classical texts. It deals with the fundamental and technical as well as the more general aspects of Chinese thought. With its new translation of source materials (some translated for the first time), its explanatory aids where necessary, its thoroughgoing scholarly documentation, this volume will be an indispensable guide for scholars, for college students, for serious readers interested in knowing the real China.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHRONOLOGY OF DYNASTIES -- CHRONOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHERS -- CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS AND ABRIDGMENTS -- 1. The Growth of Humanism -- 2. The Humanism of Confucius -- 3. Idealistic Confucianism: Mencius -- 4. Moral and Social Programs: The Great Learning -- 5. Spiritual Dimensions: The Doctrine of the Mean -- 6. Naturalistic Confucianism: Hsün Tzu -- 7. The Natural Way of Lao Tzu -- 8. The Mystical Way of Chuang Tzu -- 9. Mo Tzu's Doctrines of Universal Love, Heaven, and Social Welfare -- 10. Debates on Metaphysical Concepts: The Logicians -- 11. The Yin Yang School -- 12. Legalism -- 13. The Philosophy of Change -- 14. Yin Yang Confucianism: Tung Chung-shu -- 15. Taoistic Confucianism: Yang Hsiung -- 16. The Naturalism of Wang Ch'ung -- 17. The Taoism of Huai-nan Tzu -- 18. Negative Taoism in the Lieh Tzu and the "Yang Chu Chapter" -- 19. Neo-Taoism -- 20. The Seven Early Buddhist Schools -- 21. Seng-chao's Doctrine of Reality -- 22. The Philosophy of Emptiness: Chi-tsang of the Three-Treatise School -- 23. Buddhist Idealism: Hsüan-tsang of the Consciousness-Only School -- 24. The Tiien-t'ai Philosophy of Perfect Harmony -- 25. The One-and-All Philosophy: Fa-tsang of the Hua-yen School -- 26. The Zen (Ch'an) School of Sudden Enlightenment -- 27. The Revival of Confucianism: Han Yü and Li Ao -- 28. The Neo-Confucian Metaphysics and Ethics in Chou Tun-i -- 29. The Numerical and Objective Tendencies in Shao Yung -- 30. Chang Tsai's Philosophy of Material Force -- 31. The Idealistic Tendency in Ch'eng Hao -- 32. The Rationalistic Tendency in Ch'eng I -- 33. The Unity of Mind and Principle in Lu Hsiang-shan -- 34. The Great Synthesis in Chu Hsi -- 35. Dynamic Idealism in Wang Yang-ming -- 36. The Materialism of Wang Fu-chih -- 37. Practical Confucianism in Yen Yüan -- 38. Tai Chen's Philosophy of Principle as Order -- 39. K'ang Yu-wei's Philosophy of Great Unity -- 40. The Philosophy of Humanity (Jen) in T'an Ssu-t'ung -- 41. Chang Tung-sun's Theory of Knowledge -- 42. The New Rationalistic Confucianism: Fung Yu-lan -- 43. The New Idealistic Confucianism: Hsiung Shih-li -- 44. Chinese Philosophy in Communist China -- Appendix: On Translating Certain Chinese Philosophical Terms -- Bibliography -- A Glossary of Chinese Characters -- Index