Thinking Through ConfuciusThinking Through Confucius critically interprets the conceptual structure underlying Confucius' philosophical reflections. It also investigates "thinking," or "philosophy" from the perspective of Confucius. Perhaps the philosophical question of our time is "what is philosophy". The authors suggest that an examination of the Chinese philosophy may provide an alternative definition of philosophy that can be used to address some of the pressing issues of the Western cultural tradition. This book finds an appropriate language for the interpretation of traditional Chinese philosophical thought — a language which is relatively free from the bias and presuppositions of Western philosophy. |
Contents
| 1 | |
Some Uncommon Assumptions | 11 |
The Conditions of Thinking | 29 |
Learning hsüeh | 43 |
Realizing chih | 50 |
The Book of Songs | 62 |
Some Alternatives | 71 |
The Mutuality of Ritual Action li | 83 |
Te德 | 216 |
2345 | 219 |
71 | 225 |
Tao 道 | 226 |
110 | 236 |
Tienjen L | 237 |
Confucian Cosmology as Ars Contextualis | 246 |
The Centrality of Communication | 253 |
The Authoritative Person | 110 |
Po I and Shu Chi | 125 |
The Primacy of Aesthetic Order | 131 |
The Masses min | 138 |
46 | 151 |
Effecting Sociopolitical Order cheng | 156 |
Chün Tzu | 176 |
The Question of Confucius Cosmology | 195 |
Tien and Tien Ming | 201 |
29 | 209 |
The Sage and the Ordering of Names cheng ming | 261 |
The Unifying Thread | 283 |
The Sage as Master of Communication | 296 |
The Failings of Confucius | 307 |
Opportunities for Engagement | 313 |
Invitation to a Future | 323 |
Endnotes | 337 |
| 369 | |
Finding List for Passages from the Analects | 377 |
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