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Book SynopsisSolidly grounded in Chinese primary sources, Neo Confucianism: Metaphysics, Mind, and Morality engages the latest global scholarship to provide an innovative, rigorous, and clear articulation of neo-Confucianism and its application to Western philosophy.
Trade Review"This book is clearly one of the greatest accomplishments among English Neo-Confucian philosophical studies in recent decades. JeeLoo Liu uses clear language and rigorous philosophical reasoning to analyze eight pivotal Neo-Confucian figures regarding three major areas: metaphysics, moral theory and moral practice. The book can be aptly used as both an introduction to Neo-Confucianism for beginners and a top reference for researchers, which is itself a rare achievement."
Reviewed by Bin Song, Washington College
Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, March 2019
Table of ContentsPreface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
Part I Neo]Confucian Metaphysics: From Cosmology to Ontology 29
1 From Nothingness to Infinity: The Origin of Zhou Dunyi's Cosmology 31
2 The Basic Constituent of Things: Zhang Zai's Monist Theory of Qi 61
3 Cheng–Zhu School's Normative Realism: The Principle of the Universe 85
4 Wang Fuzhi's Theory of Principle Inherent in Qi 103
Part II Human Nature, Human Mind, and the Foundation of Human Morality 123
5 Zhu Xi's Internal Moral Realism: Human Nature Is Principle 125
6 Lu Xiangshan and Wang Yangming's Doctrine of Mind Is Principle 139
7 Wang Fuzhi's Theory of Daily Renewal of Human Nature and His Moral Psychology 157
Part III The Cultivation of Virtue, Moral Personality, and the Construction of a Moral World 181
8 Zhang Zai on Cultivating Moral Personality 183
9 The Cheng Brothers' Globaist Virtue Ethics and Virtue Epistemology 205
10 Zhu Xi's Methodology for Cultivating Sagehood: Moral Cognitivism and Ethical Rationalism 227
11 Wang Yangming';s Intuitionist Model of Innate Moral Sense and Moral Reflexivism 245
12 Constructing a Moral World: Wang Fuzhi's Social Sentimentalism 265
References 285
Index 301
