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Sources of Chinese Tradition

William Theodore (ed.) de Bary and Wing-Tsit Chan and Burton Watson

de Bary, William Theodore (ed.); Wing-Tsit Chan; Burton Watson;

Sources of Chinese Tradition

Columbia University Press, 1964, 578 pages

ISBN 0231086024, 9780231086028

topics:  | china | philosophy | history | reference


with contributions by  Yi-Pao Mei, Leon Hurvitz, T'Ung-Tsu Ch'U, John Meskill,
Table of contents
	Chronological Table	xix

    Chapter 1: The Chinese Tradition in Antiquity
	Book of History ,	8
	Book of Odes,	12

    Chapter II: Confucius	15
	Selections from the Analects ,	20

    Chapter III: Mo Tzu: Universal Love, Utilitarianism, and Uniformity	34
	Selections from the Mo Tzu ,	36

    Chapter IV: Taoism	48
	METAPHYSICS, AND GOVERNMENT IN THE LAO TZU	49
	Selections from the Lao Tzu (or Tao-te Ching) ,	51
	SKEPTICISM AND MYSTICISM IN CHUANG TZU	62
	Selections from the Chuang Tzu , .	63

    Chapter V: Molders of the Confucian Tradition	86
	MENCIUS ON GOVERNMENT AND HUMAN NATURE	86
	Selections from the Mencius ,	88
	RATIONALISM AND REALISM IN HSÜN TZU	98
	Selections from the Hsün Tzu ,	100
	THE GREAT LEARNING (TA HSÜEH)	113
	Selections from The Great Learning ,	115
	THE MEAN (CHUNG YUNG)	117
	Selections from The Mean ,	118

    Chapter VI: The Legalists	122
	THE THEORIES OF HAN FEI TZU	122
	Selections from the Han Fei Tzu ,	124
	LI SSU: LEGALIST THEORIES IN PRACTICE	136
	Memorial on Annexation of Feudal States ; Memorial on the Abolition
		of Feudalism; Memorial on the Burning of Books ; Memorial on
		Exercising Heavy Censure 139

    Chapter VII: The Imperial Order	149
	THE HAN REACTION TO CH'IN DESPOTISM	149
	CHIA I: The Faults of Ch'in	150
	The Rebellion of Ch'en She and Wu Kuang , The Rise of Lieu Chi,
		Founder of the Han , ; Liu Chi Becomes the First Emperor of
		the Han Dynasty ,	153
	THE THEORETICAL BASIS OF THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTION	156
	The Quietude of the Ruler and the Delegation of Power ,	157
	Political
	Relativism and the Importance to Timeliness ,	159
	THE MORAL LEADERSHIP OF THE EMPEROR	160
	The Moral Power of the Ruler ,	161
	TUNG CHUNG-SHU: The Threefold Obligations of the Ruler , ; How the
		Way of the King Joins the Trinity , ; Human Nature and
		Educationl ; Rites, Music, and Morality ,	162
	FILIAL PIETY	169
	THE THEORY OF PORTENTS	170
	The Theory of Portents , ; Portentous Happenings During the Han and
		Their Significance ,	171
	THE DYNASTIC MANDATE	174
	The Age of Grand Unity and the Rise of Dynastic Rule , ; On the
		Destiny of Kings , ; On the Auspicious Omens Accompanying
		Wang Mang's Rise ,	175
	CONCLUSION	182

    Chapter VIII: The Universal Order	184
	THE INTELLECTUAL SYNTHESIS	184
	Conclusion to the Huai-nan Tzu ,	185
	SSU-MA T'AN: The Discussion of the Essentials of the Six Schools ,	189
	THE CREATION, STRUCTURE, AND WORKING OF THE UNIVERSE	191
	The Creation of the Universe , ; Theories of the Structure of the
		Universe , ; The "Great Appendix" to the Book of changes: The
		Process of Universal Change , ; The Beginnings of Human
		Culture ,	192
	THE FIVE AGENTS	198
	The Reconstruction of Chinese History	199
	TUNG CHUNG-SHU: Production and Succession of the Five Agents ,	201
	THE CONCEPT AND MARKING OF TIME	204
	HEAVEN, EARTH, AND MAN	206
	Lü-shih ch'un-ch'iu: The First Month of Spring ,	207

    Chapter IX: The Economic Order	211
	Economic Distress at the End of the Ch'in Dynasty , ; Edict of
		Emperor Wen on the Primacy of Agriculture ,	212
	CH'AO TS'O: Memorial on the Encouragement of Agriculture ,	213
	TUNG CHUNG-SHU: Memorial on Land Reform ,	216
	STATE CONTROL OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY	218
	The Debate on Salt and Iron ,	220
	THE REFORMS OF WANG MANG	223
	Edict on Land Reform ,	224
	CONCLUSION	225

    Chapter X: The Great Han Historians	228
	THE RECORDS OF THE HISTORIAN	230
	SSU-MA CH'IEN: The Sacred Duty of the Historian , ; Methods of the
		Historian ,	231
	The Writing of the First Dynastic History ,	237

    Chapter XI: Neo-Taoism	239
	TAOISM IN PHILOSOPHY	240
	KUO HSIANG: Commentary on the Chuang Tzu ,	240
	Hsl K'ANG: On Partiality , ; On the Nourishment of Life , ; The Lieh
	Tzu , ; The "Yang Chu"
    Chapter of Lieh Tzu ,	247
	TAOISM IN ART	251
	TSUNG PING: Introduction to Landscape Painting ,	253
	WANG WEI: Introduction to Painting ,	255
	RELIGIOUS TAOISM	256
	KO HUNG: The Belief in Immortals , ; Alchemy , ; The Merit System , ;
		Taoism in Relation to Other Schools ,	258

    Chapter XII: The Introduction of Buddhism	266
	BASIC TEACHINGS OF BUDDHISM	266
	THE COMING OF BUDDHISM TO CHINA	272
	MOU TZU: The Disposition of Error ,	274
	HUI-YÜAN: A Monk Does Not Bow Down Before a King ,	280

    Chapter XIII: The Schools of Buddhism 1	287
	THE GENERAL CHARACTER OF SECTARIAN BUDDHISM	287
	THE SCHOOLS OF CHINESE BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY	290
	The Three-Treatise School	293
	CHI-TSANG: The Profound Meaning of the Three Treatises ,	295
	The School of Consciousness-Only	303
	HSÜAN-CHUANG: Confirmation of the Consciousness-Only System ,	306
	The Lotus School: T'ien-T'ai Syncretism	309
	The Scripture of the Lotus of the Wonderful Law ,	312
	HUI-SSU: The Method of Concentration and Insight in the MahAyana ,	314
	CHIH-K'AI: The Profound Meaning of the Scripture of the Lotus of the
		Wonderful Law , ; The Great Concentration and Insight ,
		317
	The Flower Garland School	328
	FA-TSANG: A
    Chapter on the Golden Lion ,	329

    Chapter XIV: The Schools of Buddhism II	334
	THE PURE LAND SCHOOL	334
	T'AN-LUAN: Commentary to Vasubandhu's Essay on Rebirth ,	336
	TAO-CH'O: Compendium on the Happy Land ,	341
	THE MEDITATION SCHOOL	346
	The Platform Scripture of the Sixth Patriarch ,	350
	SHEN-HUI: Elucidating the Doctrine ,	356
	I-HSÜAN: A Sermon ,	360
	?PEN-CHI: Questions and Answers ,	363

    Chapter XV: Precursors of the Confucian Revival	369
	HAN YÜ'S COUNTERATTACK ON TAOISM AND BUDDHISM	371
	Memorial on the Bone of Buddha , ; Discourse on Teachers (Shihshuo) ,
		; What is the True Way? (Yiian Tao) ,	372
	Emperor Wu-tsung's Edict on the Suppression of Buddhism ,	379

    Chapter XVI: The Confucian Revival in the Sung	383
	OU-YANG HSIU: Essay on Fundamentals (Pen lun) , ; On Parties ,	386
	THE CONFUCIAN PROGRAM OF REFORM	393
	CH'ENG YI: Memorial to the Emperor Jen-tsung ,	395
	CH'ENG HAO: Ten Matters Calling for Reform ,	398
	CHANG TSAI: Land Equalization and Feudalism ,	403
	SU HSÜN: The Land System -- A Dissenting View ,	406
	THE NEW LAWS OF WANG AN-SHIH	409
	WANG AN-SHIH: Memorial to the Emperor Jen-tsung , ; Memorial on the
		Crop Loans Measure ,	413
	CH'ENG HAO: Remonstrance Against the New Laws ,	421
	WANG AN-SHIH: In Defense of Five Major Policies ,	423
	SU SHIH: Memorial to Emperor Shen-tsung on the New Laws of Wang An-shih ,	425
	SSU-MA KUANC: A Petition to Do Away With the Most Harmful of the New Laws ,	431
	CHU HSI: Wang An-shih in Retrospect ,	434
	ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE WRITING OF HISTORY	436
	Diaries of Action and Repose ,	440
	LÜ TSU-CH'IEN: A Discussion of History ,	441
	CHENG CH'IAO: General Preface to the T'ung Chih ,	442
	MA TUAN-LIN: Preface to the General Study of Literary Remains , ;
		Introduction to the Survey on the Land Tax ,	444
	SSU-MA KUANG: A Discussion of Dynastic Legitimacy ,	448
	CHU HSI: General Rules for the Writing of the Outline and Digest of
		the General Mirror (T'ung-chien kang-mu) ,	452

    Chapter XVII: Neo-Confucianism: The School of Principle or Reason	455
	THE NEW COSMOLOGY AND ETHICS OF CHOU TUN-YI	457
	An Explanation of the Diagram of the Great Ultimate , ; Selections
		from An Interpretation of the Book of Changes ,	458
	A NUMERICAL UNIVERSE IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SHAG YUNG	460
	Selections from the Supreme Principles Governing the World ,	461
	CHANG TSAI AND THE UNDERLYING UNITY OF MATERIAL-FORCE	465
	Great Harmony ; The "Western Inscription" (Hsi-ming)	466
	PRINCIPLE AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN NATURE IN CH'ENG YI	470
	Principle and the Universe ; Human Nature ; Seriousness and
		Humanity ; Investigation of Things ; Criticism of
		Buddhism Land Taoism	472
	THE SYNTHESIS OF SUNG NEO-CONFUCIANISM IN CHU HSI	479
	Principle and Material-Force ; The Great Ultimate ; Heaven and
		Earth ; Heavenly and Earthly Spirits ; The Relation
		Between the Nature of Man and Things and Their Destiny ;
		The Nature of Man and Things ; The Nature of Man and the
		Nature of Things Compared ; Physical Nature ; The Mind ,
		; The Mind, the Nature, and the Feelings ; Humanity ,
		481

    Chapter XVIII: Neo-Confucianism: The School of the Mind or Intuition	503
	CH'ENG HAO AND THE MIND OF HEAVEN AND MAN	503
	Selections from the Complete Works of the Two Ch'engs	504
	THE UNIVERSAL MIND IN LU HSIANG-SHAN	509
	Selections from the Complete Works of Lu Hsiang-shan	510
	MORAL INTUITION AND ACTION IN WANG YANG-MING	514
	Inquiry on the Great Learning ; The Identification of Mind and
		Principle ; The Unity of Knowledge and Action ; The Colloquy
		at the T'ien-ch'üan Bridge	516

    Chapter XIX: The Late Harvest of Confucian Scholarship	527
	HUANG TSUNG-HSI'S CRITIQUE OF CHINESE DESPOTISM	530
	A Plan for the Prince	531
	WANG FU-CHIH	542
	Dynastic Rule and the Preservation of the Race ; China and the
		Barbarian Tribes ; The Way Does Not Exist Outside of Its
		Practical Application ; On the Inapplicability of Ancient
		Institutions to Modern Times ; On the Use of Laws	543
	KU YEN-WU, BEACON OF CH'ING SCHOLARSHIP	552
	True Learning: Broad Knowledge, and a Sense of Shame ; Preface to the
		Record of the Search for Antiquities ; On the Concentration
		of Authority at Court ; The Feudal System vs. the Prefectural
		System	553
	THE TWILIGHT OF CONFUCIAN THOUGHT	557
Index	565
Map: Early China	241


amitabha mukerjee (mukerjee [at] gmail.com) 17 Mar 2009