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Tables of Contents for Source Book in Chinese Philosophy
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
vii
Preface
ix
Acknowledgments
xiii
Chronology of Dynasties
xv
Chronology of Philosophers
xvi
Abbreviations and Abridgments
2
1
The Growth of Humanism
3
11
Introduction
3
11
Ancestors and the Lord on High
5
1
The Mandate of Heaven, Ancestors, and Virtue
6
2
The ``Great Norm,''
8
3
Spirits, the Soul, and Immortality
11
3
The Humanism of Confucius*
14
35
Introduction
14
4
Selections from the Analects
18
31
Idealistic Confucianism: Mencius*
49
35
Introduction
49
2
The Book of Mencius: Book 6, Part 1
51
9
Additional Selections
60
24
Moral and Social Programs: The Great Learning
84
11
Introduction
84
1
The Great Learning
85
10
Spiritual Dimensions: The Doctrine of the Mean*
95
20
Introduction
95
2
The Doctrine of the Mean
97
18
Naturalistic Confucianism: Hsun Tzu
115
21
Introduction
115
21
``On Nature,''
116
8
``On the Rectification of Names,''
124
4
``The Nature of Man is Evil,''
128
8
The Natural Way of Lao Tzu*
136
41
Introduction
136
3
The Lao Tzu (Tao-te ching)
139
38
The Mystical Way of Chuang Tzu
177
34
Introduction
177
34
``The Equality of Things,''
179
12
``The Great Teacher,''
191
11
Additional Selections
The Nature and Reality of Tao
202
1
Tao Everywhere
203
1
Constant Flux
203
1
Evolution
204
1
Tao as Transformation and One
204
1
Nature vs. Man
205
2
Calmness of Mind
207
1
Sageliness and Kingliness
208
1
The Equality of Life and Death
209
1
Subjectivity
209
1
The Inner Spirit
210
1
Mo Tzu's Doctrines of Universal Love, Heaven, and Social Welfare
211
21
Introduction
211
21
``Universal Love, Pt. 2,''
213
4
``The Will of Heaven, Pt. 1,''
217
4
``Attack on Fatalism, Pt. 1,''
221
5
Additional Selections
Utilitarianism
226
1
The Condemnation of War
227
1
The Condemnation of Wasteful Musical Activities
227
1
The Condemnation of Elaborate Funerals
228
1
Elevating the Worthy to Government Positions
229
1
Agreement with the Superior
230
2
Debates on Metaphysical Concepts: The Logicians
232
12
Introduction
232
12
The Paradoxes of Hui Shih and the Debaters
233
2
The Kung-sun Lung Tzu
``On the White Horse,''
235
2
``On Marks (chih) and Things,''
237
1
``On the Explanation of Change,''
238
2
``On Hardness and Whiteness,''
240
3
``On Names and Actuality,''
243
1
The Yin Yang School
244
7
Introduction
244
7
Tsou Yen
246
2
Yin and Yang
248
1
The Five Agents
249
2
Legalism
251
11
Introduction
251
11
The Synthesis of Legalistic Doctrine
252
8
Interpretations of Tao
260
2
The Philosophy of Change
262
9
Introduction
262
9
Selections from the Commentaries
264
1
Selections from the ``Appended Remarks,'' Pt. 1
265
3
Selections from the ``Appended Remarks,'' Pt. 2
268
1
Selections from ``Remarks on Certain Trigrams,''
269
2
Yin Yang Confucianism: Tung Chung-shu
271
18
Introduction
271
18
The Profound Examination of Names and Appellations,''
273
6
``The Meaning of the Five Agents,''
279
1
``The Correspondence of Man and the Numerical Categories of Heaven,''
280
2
``Things of the Same Kind Activate Each Other,''
282
2
Additional Selections
The Origin (Yuan)
284
1
Humanity and Righteousness
285
1
Humanity and Wisdom
286
1
Historical Cycles
287
2
Taoistic Confucianism: Yang Hsiung
289
3
Introduction
289
1
Selections
289
3
The Naturalism of Wang Ch'ung
292
13
Introduction
292
13
``On Original Nature,''
293
3
``On Spontaneity,''
296
3
``A Treatise on Death,''
299
3
Additional Selections
Accident vs. Necessity
302
1
Strange Phenomena
303
1
Fate
303
1
The Equality of Past and Present
304
1
The Taoism of Huai-nan Tzu
305
4
Introduction
305
4
The Nature of Tao
305
1
The Beginning of Reality
306
1
Centrifugal Cosmogony
307
2
Negative Taoism in the Lieh Tzu and the ``Yang Chu Chapter''
309
5
Introduction
309
5
The ``Yang Chu Chapter,''
310
1
The Lieh Tzu
Skepticism
311
1
Fatalism
312
2
Neo-Taoism
314
22
Introduction
314
22
Wang Pi's Simple Exemplifications of the Principles of the Book of Changes
318
2
Wang Pi's Commentary on the Book of Changes
320
1
Wang Pi's Commentary on the Lao Tzu
321
3
Ho Yen's Treatise on Tao
324
1
Ho Yen's Treatise on the Nameless
324
2
Kuo Hsiang's Commentary on the Chuang Tzu
326
10
The Seven Early Buddhist Schools
336
7
Introduction
336
2
Selections
338
5
Seng-chao's Doctrine of Reality
343
14
Introduction
343
14
``The Immutability of Things,''
344
6
``The Emptiness of the Unreal,''
350
7
The Philosophy of Emptiness: Chi-tsang of the Three-Treatise School
357
13
Introduction
357
13
The Two Levels of Truth
360
1
Causes and Effects
361
3
The Four Subsidiary Causes
364
1
Existence, Nonexistence, and Emptiness
365
3
Substance and Function
368
2
Buddhist Idealism: Hsuan-tsang of the Consciousness-Only School
370
26
Introduction
370
26
The Nonexistence of the Self
374
3
The Nonexistence of Dharmas
377
2
The First Transformation of Consciousness
379
4
The Second Transformation of Consciousness
383
1
The Third Transformation of Consciousness
384
2
Consciousness-Only
386
1
Nine Objections to the Consciousness-Only Doctrine and Their Answers
387
6
The Three Natures of Being, Three Natures of Non-being, and Thusness
393
3
The T'ien-t'ai Philosophy of Perfect Harmony
396
10
Introduction
396
10
The Various Aspects of the Mind
398
5
Three Ages as an Instant; Substance and Function
403
1
The Function of Concentration and Insight
404
2
The One-and-All Philosophy: Fa-tsang of the Hua-yen School
406
19
Introduction
406
19
Treatise on the Golden Lion
409
5
Hundred Gates to the Sea of Ideas of the Flowery Splendor Scripture
``All that Come Into Existence Through Causation End Together in Quiescence,''
414
6
``Harmonious Combination and Spontaneity,''
420
5
The Zen (Ch'an) School of Sudden Enlightenment
425
25
Introduction
425
25
The Platform Scripture
430
10
The Recorded Conversations of Shen-hui
440
4
The Recorded Conversations of Zen Master I-hsuan
444
6
The Revival of Confucianism: Han Yu and Li Ao
450
10
Introduction
450
10
An Inquiry on Human Nature
451
3
An Inquiry on the Way (Tao)
454
2
The Recovery of the Nature
456
4
The Neo-Confucian Metaphysics and Ethics in Chou Tun-i*
460
21
Introduction
460
21
An Explanation of the Diagram of the Great Ultimate
463
2
Penetrating the Book of Changes
465
16
The Numerical and Objective Tendencies in Shao Yung*
481
14
Introduction
481
3
Supreme Principles Governing the World
484
11
Chang Tsai's Philosophy of Material Force*
495
23
Introduction
495
23
The Western Inscription
497
3
Correcting Youthful Ignorance
``Great Harmony,''
500
7
``Enlightenment Resulting from Sincerity,''
507
7
Additional Selections
514
4
The Idealistic Tendency in Ch'eng Hao*
518
26
Introduction
518
26
``On Understanding the Nature of Jen (Humanity),''
523
2
``Reply to Master Heng-ch'u's Letter on Calming Human Nature,''
525
2
Selected Sayings
527
17
The Rationalistic Tendency in Ch'eng I*
544
28
Introduction
544
28
``A Treatise on What Yen Tzu Loved to Learn,''
547
3
``Letter in Reply to Yang Shih's Letter on the Western Inscription,''
550
1
Selected Sayings
551
21
The Unity of Mind and Principle in Lu Hsiang-shan*
572
16
Introduction
572
2
Selections
574
14
The Great Synthesis in Chu Hsi*
588
66
Introduction
588
66
Treatises
``A Treatise on Jen,''
593
4
``A Treatise on Ch'eng Ming-tao's Discourse on the Nature,''
597
3
``First Letter to the Gentlemen of Hunan on Equilibrium and Harmony,''
600
2
``A Treatise on the Examination of the Mind,''
602
3
The Complete Works
Moral Cultivation
605
7
The Relation between the Nature of Man and Things and Their Destiny
612
2
The Nature of Man and Things
614
6
The Nature of Man and the Nature of Things Compared
620
3
Physical Nature
623
3
Destiny
626
2
The Mind
628
2
The Mind, the Nature, and the Feelings
630
2
Jen
632
2
Principle (Li) and Material Force (Ch'i)
634
4
The Great Ultimate
638
3
Heaven and Earth
641
2
Spiritual Beings and Spiritual Forces
643
3
Buddhism
646
8
Dynamic Idealism in Wang Yang-ming*
654
38
Introduction
654
38
Inquiry on the Great Learning
659
8
Instructions for Practical Living
667
25
The Materialism of Wang Fu-chih
692
11
Introduction
692
11
The World of Concrete Things
694
2
Substance and Function
696
1
Being and Non-being
697
1
Principle and Material Force
697
1
Unceasing Growth and Man's Nature and Destiny
698
2
The Principle of Nature and Human Desires
700
1
History and Government
701
2
Practical Confucianism in Yen Yuan
703
6
Introduction
703
6
In Defense of Physical Nature
704
3
The Identity of Principle and Material Force
707
1
Learning through Experience
707
2
Tai Chen's Philosophy of Principle as Order
709
14
Introduction
709
14
On Principle (Li)
711
6
On Nature
717
2
On Capacity
719
1
On Humanity, Righteousness, Propriety, and Wisdom
719
1
On the Variety of Circumstances
720
3
K'ang Yu-wei's Philosophy of Great Unity
723
14
Introduction
723
14
The Three Ages
725
2
Confucius' Institutional Reforms
727
2
The Mind that Cannot Bear to See the Suffering of Others
729
1
The Age of Great Unity
730
4
Humanity
734
3
The Philosophy of Humanity (Jen) in T'an Ssu-t'ung
737
6
Introduction
737
6
Ether and Humanity
738
2
The Principle of Nature and Human Desires
740
1
Neither Production nor Extinction
741
1
Daily Renovation
741
2
Chang Tung-sun's Theory of Knowledge
743
8
Introduction
743
2
Selections
745
6
The New Rationalistic Confucianism: Fung Yu-lan
751
12
Introduction
751
12
The World and Principle
755
2
Principle and Material Force
757
1
Tao, Substance and Function, and Universal Operation
758
2
Principle and the Nature
760
1
Serving Heaven and Jen (Humanity)
761
2
The New Idealistic Confucianism: Hsiung Shih-li
763
10
Introduction
763
10
``Closing and Opening,''
765
1
The Unity of Principle and Material Force
766
2
The Mind and Humanity (Jen)
768
1
The Unity of Substance and Function
769
4
Chinese Philosophy in Communist China
773
10
Introduction
773
10
The Nature of the History of Chinese Philosophy
776
2
The Chinese Philosophical Heritage
778
2
Guidance for Future Developments
780
3
Appendix: On Translating Certain Chinese Philosophical Terms
783
10
Bibliography
793
20
A Glossary of Chinese Characters
813
20
Index
833