Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. A Note Concerning Conventions Used in This Book xi
5. Introduction 1
6. The LSCQ's Programmatic Conceptions of Xing 25
7. An Emergent Social Order 67
8. Proper Timing in the Cosmic, Historical, and Moral Realms 117
9. Applying Proper Timing to Contemporary Issues 151
10. Phenomenological and Etymological Conceptions of Timing (Shi) 191
11. A Study of Xingming zhi Qing in the LSCQ: The Achievement of One's Character (Xing) in One's Natural Relations (Ming) 199
12. Notes 207
13. Bibliography 243
14. Index 233