Chapter 1 My Life of Study

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. A Note on Language xi
5. Preface xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. Autographical Essays
8. My Life of Study 21
9. The End of Democratic Review 31
10. Mourning My Enemy, Mourning My Friend 37
11. Ethical and Political Thought
12. Two Layers of the Chinese Political Problem 47
13. The Construction and Advancement of Ruist Political Thought 65
14. The Fundamental Character of the Ruist Spirit, Its Limitations, and Its Rebirth 83
15. The Chinese Way of Governance 137
16. Between Academia and Politics 151
17. The Culture of the Heart‑Mind 165
18. The Creation of the Chinese Free Society 177
19. The Ruist Distinction between Cultivating Oneself and Governing Others and Its Significance 185
20. Why Oppose Liberalism? 207
21. The Fundamental Structure of Mengzi’s Political Thought and the Problem of Rule of Man and Rule of Law 219
22. The Origin of Kongzi’s Idea of Rule by Virtue 233
23. The Question of Ruist and Daoist Personal Cultivation in Literature 259
24. Notes 279
25. Bibliography 317
26. Index 325