An Introduction to Chinese Philosophy Book

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1 Chinese philosophy 1

2 Confucius and the Confucian concepts Ren and Li 19

3 The cultivation and humanity in Confucian philosophy: Mencius and Xunzi 35

4 Early Mohist philosophy 55

5 Early Daoist philosophy: the Dao De Jing as a metaphysical treatise 71

6 Early Daoist philosophy: Dao, language and society 93

7 The Mingjia and the later Mohists 111

8 Zhuangzi's philosophy 142

9 Legalist philosophy 172

10 The Yijing and its place in Chinese philosophy 199

11 Chinese Buddhism 235

Glossary 278

Bibliography 288

Index 300