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The Nutrition-Home Axis: A Philosophical and Practical Inquiry
In this chapter, I explore philosophical and practical dimensions of what I call the “nutrition-home axis”, taking into account historical,...
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Germination and Embryonic Form: Yin Shang and Western Zhou’s Political and Philosophical Concepts
The early experiences and characteristics of Chinese political thought determine the overall form, basic problems, and basic characteristics of...
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The Gap of Wen and the Edge of Chaos: From the Conundrum of Kyōsei to the “Cosmic Hope”
Beginning from a historical survey of how the Japanese concept of kyōsei (which has broader implications than the Western counterpart of “symbiosis”)...
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Liang Under Mao: The Reconciliation of Confucianism and Buddhism with Marxist Ideology
This article is a study of Liang Shuming’s 梁漱溟 (1893–1988) work during Mao’s period, especially Renxin yu rensheng 人心與人生 (Human Mind and Human Life)...
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The Ethical Constitution: Confucian Rationalism’s Consistent Linking of Constitution and Personality in the Two Song Dynasties
Liang Qichao analyzed the mechanism shaped by “the trend of thought representing the times” in Compendium of Qing Dynasty Academics, pointing out the...
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Reversing the Stream: Virtue Politics and Moral Economy in Neo-Confucian Korea
This article investigates the Neo-Confucian project of “reverse moral economy,” which aims to restore the ideal congruence between political power...
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The May 4th Movement, Confucianism, and Enlightenment: Reflections on the Issue of “Feudal Autocracy”
By reinterpreting how Chinese Enlightenment movement understands Confucian tradition, this chapter initiates a new explanation for the tension...
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In Defense of Chinese Sensibility: Confucian Aesthetics in the 20th Century
Contemporary Confucianism rose in response to the challenges of ever-expanding Western civilization in modern times. Under the banner of cultural...
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A Critique of the Premises Underlying the Philosophical Ideas of Thought
Hidden within the thoughts of each age are the basic ideasIdea (理念) that compose them, and which resonate deeply as the philosophical ideasIdea (理念)...
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Chinese and Global Philosophy: Postcomparative Transcultural Approaches and the Method of Sublation
The essay deals with problems encountered by Western researchers working in the field of Chinese philosophy. It begins with a discussion of...
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Artificial Intelligence, Emotion, and Order: A Confucian Perspective
Over the course of human history, major technological breakthroughs have often led to the dawn of new epochs, such as the Stone and Bronze Ages. Some...
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The Philosophical Thought of Fang Yizhi
During the Ming-Qing transition, after Wang [Yangming] 王阳明 Learning reached its peak and went into decline, a group of outstanding thinkers emerged...
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A Shift of the Genealogies of Knowledge: On Paradigms in the Study of the History of Philosophy
The history of Chinese philosophy is now a magnificent academic palace.
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Wang Yangming Chan and the Escapist Chan of the Gentry
After Buddhism was introduced into China, Buddhism and the Chinese tradition sought information from each other, and then this changed to assisting...
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What Makes It the History of Thought: Xu Fu-Guan’s Thinking Tendency and Research Approach
Very few scholars can produce such profound and impressive works in thinking and study as Xu Fuguan.
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Forming One Body with All Things: Organicism and the Pursuit of an Embodied Theory of Mind
This article uses the Confucian and Neo-Confucian slogan that we should strive to “form one body with all things” as a starting point for asking...
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The Need for More than Role Relations
This article argues for the necessity of a social group ontology in Confucian ethics. The heart of Confucian ethics is self-cultivation begun in...