The Problem of Spontaneity and Morality in Earlier Xuanxue

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Part I
5. Introduction 3
6. The Classical Chinese Philosophical Background 5
7. An Overview of Guo Xiang’s Philosophical Project 17
8. The Problem of Spontaneity and Morality in Earlier Xuanxue 23
9. Guo’s Solution:The Image of Traces 31
10. The Dangers of Traces 51
11. Part II
12. Interactivity Without Traces: “Vanishing (Into) Things” 65
13. The Unification of Independence and Interdependence 85
14. Part III
15. Lone-Transformation 99
16. The Unity of Activity and Nonactivity 125
17. Guo Xiang’s Use of the Term Xing:The Inherency of Change and the Confluence of Chance, Freedom, and Necessity in the Notion of the Self-So 143
18. Comparative Notes on Freedom and Determinism 149
19. Notes 161
20. Bibliography 179
21. Index 183