C. Fraser, D. Robins, and T. O’Leary, eds., HKU Press (2011)
Contents
Foreword — Donald Munro vii
Preface xi
Introduction 1 (download pdf here)
Part One: New Readings
1. Were the Early Confucians Virtuous? — Roger T. Ames And Henry Rosemont, Jr. 17
2. Mencius as Consequentialist — Manyul Im 37
3. No Need for Hemlock: Mencius’s Defense of Tradition — Franklin Perkins 59
4. Mohism and Motivation — Chris Fraser 73 (download pdf here)
5. “It Goes Beyond Skill” — Dan Robins 91
6. The Sounds of Zhèngmíng: Setting Names Straight in Early Chinese Texts — Jane Geaney 107
7. Embodied Virtue, Self-Cultivation, and Ethics — Lisa Raphals 119
Part Two: New Departures
8. Moral Tradition Respect — Philip J. Ivanhoe 133
9. Piecemeal Progress: Moral Traditions, Modern Confucianism, and Comparative Philosophy — Stephen C. Angle 145
10. Agon and Hé: Contest and Harmony — David B. Wong 163
11. Confucianism and Moral Intuition — William A. Haines 181
12. Chapter Thirty-Eight of the Dàodéjing as an Imaginary Genealogy of Morals — Jiwei Ci 197
13. Poetic Language: Zhuāngzǐ and Dù Fǔ’s Poetic Ideals — Lee H. Yearley 209
14. Dào as a Naturalistic Focus — Chad Hansen 229
Afterword — Chad Hansen 257
Contributors Index