Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism, Christianity and Chinese Culture (Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change Series III Asia, Vol. 3)

Abstract

Contents ; Preface ; Introduction ; Part I. The Structure and Study of Chinese Philosophy; Prospects for the Study of the History of Chinese Philosophy and the Issue of the True, the Good and the Beautiful in China’s Traditional Philosophy ; Questions Concerning the Categorical System of Traditional Chinese Philosophy ; New Progress in the Study of the History of Chinese Philosophy; Part II. Confucian Philosophy; An Inquiry into the Possibility of a Third-Phase Development of Confucianism ; The Problem of Harmonious Communities in Ancient China ; Part III. Daoist Philosophy; On The Dao De Jing (Tao Te Ching) ; The Origin and Characteristics of Daoism (Taoism) ; The Daoist Religion of China ; Part IV. Buddhist and Christian Philosophies and Chinese Culture; The Introduction of Indian Buddhism into China: A Perspective on the Meaning of Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Comparative Religion ; Relationships between Traditional and Imported Thought and Culture in China: The Importance of Buddhism ; The Attempt of Matteo Ricci to Link Chinese and Western Cultures ; Appendices; Characteristics of Traditional Chinese Philosophy: An Outline ; Theories of Life and Death in Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism: An Outline ; The Entry of Indian Buddhism into China: the Merger of Two Cultures: An Outline ; Trends in the Development of Contemporary Chinese Philosophy: An Outline ; Vocabulary ; Index ;