Chinese ideas about nature and society : studies in honour of Derk Bodde

The universe, in Chinese eyes, is a harmonious organism; its pattern of movement is inherent and not imposed from without; and the world of man, being a part of the universe, follows a similar pattern. (Derk Bodde, armony and Conflict in Chinese Philosophy). The main theme that pervades this Festschrift, written by fellow-scholars and students of Bodde for his seventy-fifth birthday, is that of the proper ordering of the universe as it obtains in the Chinese tradition. Contents Acknowledgements Preface Biography of Derk Bodde Bibliography of Derk Bodde A Letter from John C. Ferguson to Derk Bodde Distinguished Scholarship Award, 1985 The First Neo-ConfucÏanism: an Introduction to Yang Hsiung' 5 'Canon of Supreme Mystery' (T'ai hsuan ching, c. 4 B.C.) Symbolic Eχpressions of Ying-Yang Philosophy From Ontology to Cosmogony: Notes on Chuang Tzu and Huai-nan Tzu The Role of Compromise in Chinese Culture 'Yen Ch'a-san Thrice Tested': Printed Novel to Oral Tale Living with the Chinese: the Muslim Experience in China, T' ang to Ming The Cult of the Dragon and the Invocation for Rain Shih chi 127, the Symbiosis of Two Historians Kuan-tzu and the Newly Discovered Texts on Bamboo and Silk The Functions of the Commandant of Justice during the Han Period Pan Ku's Accusations against Wang Mang The Concept of Doubt in T'ang Criminal Law The Meaning of Hsing-te The Fire-lance, Ancester of All Gun-barrels Contributors Glossary-lndex