中国文化 哲学思想

contentsprefacewhat is the nature of the world?the birth of beliefsshen, the religious source of chinese philosophical ideasatheismthe formation of concepts about natureyin and yang and the five elements: the intellectual source of chinese philosophical ideasvestiges of magicobservation and thinking about phenomena the concept of difference or diversitythe concept of change or changeabilitysameness and difference, constancy and changethe quest for essence and lawsdao liqiwhat are the relationships between things?the relationship between heaven and the human, and its religious and intellectual backgroundthe religious approach to the heaven- human relationshipthe intellectual approach to the heaven- human relationshipthe dialectical outlookoppositionmutual reliancetransformationrelativitythe holistic outlookthe golden mean consideration of both sidessynthesisassociation what are social norms?moral consciousness and the establishment of confucian moral principlesthe zhou dynasty: the origin of the sense of moralityconfucius: the tradition of rites and the spirit of benevolencethe development of confucian social normsmencius’ idea of benevolent rule and xun zi’s idea of “propriety and law”edification and the ethical tradition of chinese civilizationthe confucian view on “righteousness vs. profit” and “heavenly principle vs. human desire”reflections on social issues in other schools of thoughtthe taoist idea of non-actionthe legalist idea of rule by lawviews on historyvarious views on historythe circulatory theory of historywhat is the proper orientation of life?the ideal confucian character and its cultivationthe ideal confucian character established by confuciusthe cultivation of the ideal charactermusic and character buildingcompletion through musicequilibrium and harmonythe confucian theory of human naturemencius’ doctrine of the goodness of human naturexun zi’s doctrine of the evil of human naturethe development of theories on human naturethe taoist outlook on life lao tzu’s outlook on life chuang tzu’s outlook on lifewhat is the structure of knowledge? the source and ability of knowledge knowing and not knowing mind and object name and substance language and meaning the structure or form of knowledge information and thinking gradual study and epiphany investigating things and gaining knowledge removing obstructions receptiveness and serenity views on knowledge and action the foundation of early views on knowledge and action word and action, knowledge and practice zhu xi’s view on knowledge and action wang yangming’s view on knowledge and action wang fuzhi’s view on knowledge and action appendix