Confucianism and Enlightenment : Contemporary Chinese Thought From the Perspective of Philosophical Understanding and Mergence

This book presents twelve of the author’s selected essays on subjects related to contemporary Chinese thought and examines other significant works on the history of Chinese philosophy. By combing the basic political discourse on Confucianism, it highlights the significance of Confucian Socialism in the present day and explains the author’s reflections on the philosophy and modernization of Chinese thought. This book is a valuable resource for experts and scholars as well as for general readers who have an understanding of contemporary Chinese philosophy, offering deep insights into current Chinese thought and Confucian modernization. Introduction Reviving the Thoughts on the Ancient-Modern and Chinese-Western Issues Contents Part I The Finality of Enlightenment Subjectivity and the Outlet for Contemporary Chinese Thought 1 Enlightenment Subjectivity and the Intellectual History of Thirty Years: Centering Around Li Zehou 李澤厚 2 Cultural Nationalism: Hedgehog-Like or Fox-Like? 3 How Do Modern Intellectuals “Take the World as One’s Own Duty”: Regarding the Approach of CAO Jinqing 曹錦清 3.1 Which Tradition Does Cao’s Approach Belong to? 3.2 How to Comprehend the Significance of Rural Investigation? 3.3 Elite Education as an Intermediary Between Social Construction and National Construction Part II The Revival of Confucianism and Confucian Socialism 4 On Contemporary Confucian Political Arguments 5 The May 4th Movement, Confucianism, and Enlightenment: Reflections on the Issue of “Feudal Autocracy” 6 New Confucianism in Mainland China and Confucian Socialism: Taking Liang Shuming 梁漱溟 As an Example 6.1 The Emergence, Purpose, and Problems of Modern New Confucianism and Confucian Attitude Toward Socialist China 6.2 Liang Shuming and the New China 6.3 How to Inherit the Legacy of the First Generation of New Confucianism in Mainland China? 7 Philosophical Understanding-and-Mergence of Confucianism and Marxism 7.1 Feng Youlan’s Version of “Harmony Philosophy” and Its Problems 7.2 Would Confucianism Think “Conflict Will Necessarily Be Reconciled and Resolved”? 7.3 The Significance and Status of “Harmony” (He 和) in Dialectics 7.4 The Significance and Status of “Harmony” (He 和) in Confucianism 7.5 Guiding “Harmony” (He 和) Toward “the Mean” (Zhong 中) Part III Philosophical Understanding-and-Mergence & the Ancient-Modern and Chinese-Western Issues 8 Political Comparison Between Philosophy and Theology: On Plato’s Symposium 8.1 Analysis on Different Voices in Community of Logos: Structure and Theme 8.2 The Reason of the Polis: Political Theology of Eros 8.3 Socrates’ “Honest Remarks” and the Eros of Political Philosophy 8.4 Monologue in Dialogue: Two Kinds of Immortality 8.5 The Purpose and Danger of “Honest Remarks” 8.6 The “Truth” Told by the Drunker: Why Does Socrates Conceal His Teaching? 8.7 The “Shepherd” Issue in the Gospel of John 9 Translating What One Knows is Impossible to Translate 10 A Discussion on Several Translated Terms of Die Grundprobleme Der Phanomenologie 10.1 Sein, Dasein, and the Relevant Terms 10.2 Wahrheit and the Relevant Terms 10.3 Sorge and the Relevant Terms 10.4 Zeitlichkeit and the Relevant Terms 10.5 Wahrnehmen, Wahrnehmung, and the Relevant Terms 10.6 Selbst、Ich、Ego 11 On Different Interpretations of Being: Philosophizing and Modernization of Chinese Thought from the Perspective of Debates on Translated Terms 11.1 The Debates on Translated Terms and Problems Derived 11.2 The Absence of the Ontology of Copula Verbs in Chinese Thought: A Defect or a Blessing? 11.3 Concluding Remarks 12 On Being and Change (Yi 易): Phenomenological Guide to the Way (Dao 道) 12.1 Investigation and Dismantlement of the Original: After Sein Und Zeit 12.2 The Limits of Philosophy and Plato’s Allegory of the Cave 12.3 The Deformation and Destruction of the Cave Allegory 12.4 Concealedness as the Manifestation: The Complete Reduction of the Original Phenomenon 12.4.1 Being, Change (Yi 易), and the Original Phenomenon as a Whole 12.4.2 The Issue Concerning the Guidance of Xing 形 and Xiang 象 in the Book of Changes: Centering Around Xi Ci Zhuan 系辭傳 (the Appended Remarks of the Book of Changes) 12.4.3 Conclusion: Ereignis and the Life-Giving Force Postscript