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Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Ekken's Life and Thought 1
The Text in the Context of East Asian Confucianism 9
Material Force (Qi) 13
Zhang Zai's Development of the Concept of Material Force 14
The Influence of the Monism of Qi of Luo Qinshun 20
Affirmation and Dissent: The Significance of the Record of Great Doubts 25
The Text in the Context of Tokugawa Japan 26
The Spread of Confucian Ideas and Values 29
Tradition and the Individual: The Importance of Dissent and the Centrality of Learning 33
Philosophical Debates Regarding Principle and Material Force 40
Reappropriating Tradition: Practical Learning and the Philosophy of Qi 48
Interpretations of Ekken's Philosophy of Qi 55
Confucian Cosmology: Organic Holism and Dynamic Vitalism 58
Confucian Cultivation: Harmonizing with Change and Assisting Transformation 60
The Significance of Qi as an Ecological Cosmology 64
Taigiroku: The Record of Great Doubts 77
Preface 79
Part I 81
On the Transmission of Confucian Thought (I-II) 81
On Human Nature (12-14) 89
On Bias, Discernment, and Selection (15-23) 92
On Learning from What Is Close at Hand (24-28) 99
The Indivisibility of the Nature of Heaven and Earth and One's Physical Nature (29) 102
Acknowledging Differences with the Song Confucians (30-42) 106
Part II 114
Partiality in the Learning of the Song Confucians (43-46) 114
Reverence Within and Rightness Without (47-50) 117
Influences from Buddhism and Daoism (51-60) 119
A Discussion of the Metaphysical and the Physical (61) 122
The Supreme Ultimate (62-66) 127
The Way and Concrete Things (67-68) 131
Returning the World to Humaneness (69) 132
Reverence and Sincerity (70-71) 135
Reverence as the Master of the Mind (72-80) 137
The Inseparability of Principle and Material Force (81) 144
Glossary 167
Bibliography 173
Index 191
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Rick Smith
reviewed The Philosophy of Qi: The Record of Great Doubts on April 30, 2015 The Philosophy of Qi
For those of us who chose the field of philosophy and were born millennials, we are very familiar with the term and often the concept of the aesthetic. In the case of the young philosopher it is known that we are often swamped in Kant. The issue is of coarse that many of us are looking for traditions outside of the Western/ European lens. Let's be honest constant discussions of the sublime, and rampant misogyny get pretty boring.
Francois Jullien offers us respite in this arena. While I too was skeptical of having a French man explain a several; thousand year old tradition and aesthetic I was please to find out that most of his work was based upon relaying translations. The word "Blandness," is basically the least bad translation of the Chinese concept of 'dan' pronounced more like Dah-n. This aesthetic tradition is of simplicity or "blandness" I suppose. A combination of inspirations from the primary religions of China: Chen Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism, all things related to dan are constructed in order to leave a lasting effect for future contributions.
Frankly this is a hard concept to grasp for those of us who grew up in our very linear, fast paced, definition based society. This book made me reconsider how I do pretty much everything, and how simplicity itself leaves room for an undefined beauty. Introspection in the void can cause some inner disquiet of course but as someone who has an affinity for Zen Buddhism and an adoration of Roman Stoicism, it is the inner reflection and forgiveness of myself that I look for.
The author of this book did very well describing a notion that is fluid and unable to pin down. If you enjoy aesthetics, or philosophy and need a breath of fresh air, put down your Socrates, try this on for size.
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