Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. List of Illustrations IX
4. Acknowledgments XI
5. 1. Introduction 1
6. PART ONE Basic Concepts of Chu Hsi's Natural Philosophy
7. 2. Li and Ke-wu (Investigation of Things) 17
8. 3. Ch'i 31
9. 4. Yin-Yang and the Five Phases 42
10. 5. Shu, Images (Hsiang), and Other Categories 70
11. 6. Kuei-Shen 91
12. 7. Heaven and the Sages 108
13. 8. Stimulus-Response (Kan-Ying) and Pien-Hua 122
14. 8. Stimulus-Response (Kan-Ying) and Pien-Hua
15. 9. Heaven and Earth 133
16. 10. The Myriad Things 172
17. 11. Man 206
18. PART THREE Chu Hsi and the "Scientific" Traditions of Specialized Knowledge
19. 12. Chu Hsi on Specialists and Their Specialized Knowledge 243
20. 13. Comparison with the Western Scientific Tradition 295
21. 14. Concluding Remarks: General Features of Chu Hsi's Natural Knowledge 315
22. Glossary 327
23. Bibliography 353
24. Index 369