Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. The Ideological Background of the Mencian Discussion of Human Nature 17
6. 2. A Matter of Taste: Qi (Vital Energy) and the Tending of the Heart (Xin) in Mencius 2A2 ALAN K. L. CHAN 42
7. 3. Mencius and a Process Notion of Human Nature 72
8. 4. Biology and Culture in the Mencian View of Human Nature 91
9. 5. Mengzi and Gaozi on Nei and Wai 103
10. 6. Xin and Moral Failure: Notes on an Aspect of Mencius’ Moral Psychology 126
11. 7. Understanding Words and Knowing Men 151
12. 8. Between Family and State: Relational Tensions in Confucian Ethics 169
13. 9. Casuistry and Character in the Mencius 189
14. 10. Mencius, Xunzi, and Dai Zhen 216
15. 11. The Nature and Historical Context of the Mencius 242
16. 12. Mengzi as Philosopher of History 282
17. 13. Mencius and an Ethics of the New Century 305
18. Contributors 317
19. Index 321