ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |6 pages
Aesthetics
chapter |18 pages
Buddhism in China: A Historical Survey
part |2 pages
Confucianism: Ethics and Law by Fuldien LI
chapter |29 pages
Confucianism: Japan
chapter |14 pages
Confucianism: Rhetoric by A. S. CUA
chapter |22 pages
Confucianism: Vietnam by Van Doan TRAN
chapter |37 pages
Dai Zhen (Tai Chen)
part |2 pages
Daxue (Ta Hsu¨eh): The Great Learning
part |2 pages
Fa: Model, Law, Doctrine
part |2 pages
Gongsun Long (Kung-sun Lung)
chapter |8 pages
Guanzi (Kuan Tzu): The Book of Master Guan
chapter |27 pages
Han Feizi (Han Fei Tzu)
chapter |8 pages
Jia Yi (Chia I) by Mark CSIKSZENTMIHALYI
chapter |8 pages
Junzi (Chu¨n-tzu): The Moral Person by A. S. CUA
chapter |6 pages
Kang Youwei (K’ang Yu-wei) by Lauren PFISTER
chapter |8 pages
Liang Shuming (Liang Shu-ming) by Guy ALITTO
part |2 pages
Liyi fenshu (Li-i fen-shu): Principle and Manifestations by Shu-hsien LIU