A short history of Chinese philosophy : [a systematic account of Chinese thought from its origins to the present day

The classic chronicle of Chinese philosophical thought from the third millennium to the 20th century. From the sage-kings of ancient China to the 1911 overthrow of the oldest monarchical system in the world, Chinese philosophy has evolved and influenced schools of thought around the world. In an accessible voice, A Short History of Chinese Philosophy clearly illuminates Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, Yin-Yang, and more. For those interested in philosophy or Asian studies, this is the perfect window into ancient and modern Chinese ideology. OF CHINESE PHILOSOPHY Contents Editor’s Introduction Author’s Preface 1 The Spirit of Chinese Philosophy 2 The Background of Chinese Philosophy 3 The Origins of the Schools 4 Confucius, the First Teacher 5 Mo Tzu, the First Opponent of Confucius 6 The First Phase of Taoism: Yang Chu 7 The Idealistic Wing of Confucianism: Mencius 8 The School of Names 9 The Second Phase of Taoism: Lao Tzu 10 The Third Phase of Taoism: Chuang Tzu 11 The Later Mohists 12 The Yin-Yang School and Early Chinese Cosmogony 13 The Realistic Wing of Confucianism: Hsün Tzu 14 Han Fei Tzu and the Legalist School 15 Confucianist Metaphysics 16 World Politics and World Philosophy 17 Theorizer of the Han Empire: Tung Chung-Shu 18 The Ascendancy of Confucianism and Revival of Taoism 19 Neo-Taoism: The Rationalists 20 Neo-Taoism: The Sentimentalists 21 The Foundation of Chinese Buddhism 22 Ch’anism, the Philosophy of Silence 23 Neo-Confucianism: The Cosmologists 24 Neo-Confucianism: The Beginning of the Two Schools 25 Neo-Confucianism: The School of Platonic Ideas 26 Neo-Confucianism: The School of Universal Mind 27 The Introduction of Western Philosophy 28 Chinese Philosophy in the Modern World Bibliography Index

This is a chronicle of Chinese thought from the third millennium sage-kings to the 1911 overthrow of the oldest monarchical system in the world. The book illuminates the most commonly known schools of Confuciansim and Taoism, and it acquaints readers with Mohism, Yin-Yang, Legalism, Neo-Taosim, Neo-Confucianism, and the introduction of Western philosophy.

A Short History of Chinese Philosophy offers a chronicle of Chinese thought from the third millennium sage-kings to the 1911 overthrow of the oldest monarchical system in the world THE place which philosophy has occupied in Chinese civilization has been comparable to that of religion in other civilizations.