Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Li 理 and Coherence 1
5. Li 理 as a Fundamental Category in Chinese Thought 21
6. The Advent of Li, Ironic and Non-Ironic 49
7. The Development of Li in Ironic Texts 71
8. The Advent of Li as a Technical Philosophical Term 107
9. Li as the Convergence of Coherence and Incoherence in Wang Bi and Guo Xiang 137
10. Beyond One and Many 185
11. Mind, Omnipresence, and Coherence in Tiantai and Huayan 261
12. Conclusion 307
13. Epilogue 321
14. Notes 345
15. Bibliography 379
16. Index 389