Dao companion to neo-Confucian philosophy

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Group Author: Makeham John, 1955-
Published: Springer,
Publisher Address: Dordrecht London
Publication Dates: c2010.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Dao companions to Chinese philosophy ; 1
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2930-0
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xliii, 488 p.):
ISBN: 9789048129300 (electronic bk.)
9048129303 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: B244
CLC: B244
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dao Companion to Neo-Confucian Philosophy; Zhou Dunyi's Philosophy of the Supreme Polarity; Shao Yong's Numerological-Cosmological System; Zhang Zai's Theory of Vital Energy; Cheng Yi's Moral Philosophy; The Thesis of Single-Rootedness in the Thought of Cheng Hao; Hu Hong's Philosophy; Zhang Shi's Philosophical Perspectives on Human Nature, Heart/Mind, Humaneness, and the Supreme Ultimate; Zhu Xi's Cosmology; Zhu Xi's Moral Psychology; L? Zuqian's Political Philosophy; Neo-Confucian Philosophy and Genre: The Philosophical Writings of Chen Chun and Zhen Dexiu; Lu Xiangshan's Ethical Philosophy
This is the first volume in English to provide a comprehensive introduction to the philosophical thinking of representative Neo-Confucian thinkers from the eleventh to eighteenth centuries. The volume describes the contributions these thinkers made to debates and discussions associated with the interpretation and deployment of key concepts and issues such as: sagehood; xing (human nature); xin (heart/mind); li (principle) and qi (vital force); dao; tian (heaven); ren (humanity); qing (feeling); cheng (sincerity); knowledge; learning; innate capacities vs. learned capacities; self-cultivation;