2. The Humanism of Confucius

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. FOREWORD vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
5. CHRONOLOGY OF DYNASTIES xv
6. CHRONOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHERS xvi
7. CONTENTS xix
8. ABBREVIATIONS AND ABRIDGMENTS 1
9. 1. The Growth of Humanism 3
10. 2. The Humanism of Confucius 14
11. 3. Idealistic Confucianism: Mencius 49
12. 4. Moral and Social Programs: The Great Learning 84
13. 5. Spiritual Dimensions: The Doctrine of the Mean 95
14. 6. Naturalistic Confucianism: Hsün Tzu 115
15. 7. The Natural Way of Lao Tzu 136
16. 8. The Mystical Way of Chuang Tzu 177
17. 9. Mo Tzu's Doctrines of Universal Love, Heaven, and Social Welfare 211
18. 10. Debates on Metaphysical Concepts: The Logicians 232
19. 11. The Yin Yang School 244
20. 12. Legalism 251
21. 13. The Philosophy of Change 262
22. 14. Yin Yang Confucianism: Tung Chung-shu 271
23. 15. Taoistic Confucianism: Yang Hsiung 289
24. 16. The Naturalism of Wang Ch'ung 292
25. 17. The Taoism of Huai-nan Tzu 305
26. 18. Negative Taoism in the Lieh Tzu and the "Yang Chu Chapter" 309
27. 19. Neo-Taoism 314
28. 20. The Seven Early Buddhist Schools 336
29. 21. Seng-chao's Doctrine of Reality 343
30. 22. The Philosophy of Emptiness: Chi-tsang of the Three-Treatise School 357
31. 23. Buddhist Idealism: Hsüan-tsang of the Consciousness-Only School 370
32. 24. The Tiien-t'ai Philosophy of Perfect Harmony 396
33. 25. The One-and-All Philosophy: Fa-tsang of the Hua-yen School 406
34. 26. The Zen (Ch'an) School of Sudden Enlightenment 425
35. 27. The Revival of Confucianism: Han Yü and Li Ao 450
36. 28. The Neo-Confucian Metaphysics and Ethics in Chou Tun-i 460
37. 29. The Numerical and Objective Tendencies in Shao Yung 481
38. 30. Chang Tsai's Philosophy of Material Force 495
39. 31. The Idealistic Tendency in Ch'eng Hao 518
40. 32. The Rationalistic Tendency in Ch'eng I 544
41. 33. The Unity of Mind and Principle in Lu Hsiang-shan 572
42. 34. The Great Synthesis in Chu Hsi 588
43. 35. Dynamic Idealism in Wang Yang-ming 654
44. 36. The Materialism of Wang Fu-chih 692
45. 37. Practical Confucianism in Yen Yüan 703
46. 38. Tai Chen's Philosophy of Principle as Order 709
47. 39. K'ang Yu-wei's Philosophy of Great Unity 723
48. 40. The Philosophy of Humanity (Jen) in T'an Ssu-t'ung 737
49. 41. Chang Tung-sun's Theory of Knowledge 743
50. 42. The New Rationalistic Confucianism: Fung Yu-lan 751
51. 43. The New Idealistic Confucianism: Hsiung Shih-li 763
52. 44. Chinese Philosophy in Communist China 773
53. Appendix: On Translating Certain Chinese Philosophical Terms 783
54. Bibliography 793
55. A Glossary of Chinese Characters 813
56. Index 833