Xiong Shili's Treatise on Reality and Function
Xiong Shili (1885-1968) is widely recognized as a founding figure of the modern New Confucian school of philosophy and seen by many as one of the most important and creative Chinese philosophers of the twentieth century. Treatise on Reality and Function (Ti yong lun) is the mature expression of Xion...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Oxford Chinese Thought Series
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| Further subjects: | B
Mahayana Buddhism-Doctrines
B Mahayana Buddhism Doctrines |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9780197688687 |
| Summary: | Xiong Shili (1885-1968) is widely recognized as a founding figure of the modern New Confucian school of philosophy and seen by many as one of the most important and creative Chinese philosophers of the twentieth century. Treatise on Reality and Function (Ti yong lun) is the mature expression of Xiong's signature metaphysical doctrine and sets out his developed account of his Confucian philosophy of mind and nature. This annotated translation by John Makeham presents the full text in English for the first time, along with the original foreword attributed to Han Yuankai, and Xiong's original preface. Cover -- Series -- Xiong Shili's Treatise on Reality and Function -- Copyright -- Contents -- Series Editors' Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviation -- Translator's Introduction -- Foreword -- Superfluous Words -- 1 Explaining Transformation -- 2 Buddhist Teachings, A -- 3 Buddhist Teachings, B -- 4 Forming Material Things -- 5 Explaining Mind (Forthcoming) -- Index. "Although intrinsic Reality is characterized in terms of origin, point of emergence, and beginning, the relationship between intrinsic Reality and its phenomenal manifestation is not like that of mother and offspring or creator and created. Rather, Xiong not only insists on the ontological parity between ti and yong, but also on their ontological identity"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (297 pages) |
| ISBN: | 0197688713 |