1st Edition

Encyclopedia of Chinese Philosophy

Edited By Antonio S. Cua Copyright 2003
1042 Pages
by Routledge

1042 Pages
by Routledge

1020 Pages
by Routledge

Featuring contributions from the world's most highly esteemed Asian philosophy scholars, this important new encyclopedia covers the complex and increasingly influential field of Chinese thought, from earliest recorded times to the present day. Including coverage on the subject previously unavailable to English speakers, the Encyclopedia sheds light on the extensive range of concepts, movements,... Read more
Entries include: Aesthetics * Buddhism in China * Chen-Jen (true person) * Ch'eng I * Chün-Tzu (ethically superior person) * Confucian Tradition * Confucianism in Japan * Ethical Argumentation * Intercultural Hermeneutics * Jen (benevolence) * Later Mohism * Legalism * Mao Tse-Tung * Mou Tsung-San * Mythology and Early Chinese Thought * Philosophy of Literature * Pi (obscuration, blindness) * Problem of Translation * School of Names * Tao (way) * Wang Fu-Chih * Yang Chu * Yu-Wu (being, non-being) * and many more.

Biography

Antonio S. Cua, currently on the faculty at The Catholic University of America, is a past president of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, and past president and chairman of the Executive Board of the International Society of Chinese Philosophy. Professor Cua's works include Ethical Argumentation: A Study in Hsün Tzu's Moral Epistemology, Unity of Knowledge and Action: A Study in Wang Yang-Ming's Moral Psychology, and many other books and journal articles.

"A milestone, a welcome tome to fill a lamentable information-lacuna on Chinese philosophy... A monumental achievement and a landmark contribution." -- Dao: A Journal of Contemporary Philosophy