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Xiong Shiliâs Explaining Mind
An Annotated Translation
Series: - Modern Chinese Philosophy, Volume: 27
Editor / Translator:
Explaining Mind is a representative text of Xiong Shiliâs mature onto-cosmology, moral psychology, and epistemology, in which he develops an extended account of mind, as both a moral concept and a metaphysical concept, while critically engaging key aspects of Buddhist, Daoist and Confucian thought. The book covers a diverse range of topics and themes, including the non-duality of Reality and function, philosophical psychology, the inherent mind and the habituated mind, the mind of humaneness, the inseparability of mind and matter, learning concerned with increasing knowledge daily (modern science) and learning concerned with removing ignorance daily (ancient philosophy), cultivation practices of Confucians and Buddhists, wisdom and knowledge, and the origin of badness and wrongdoing.
John Makeham specializes in the intellectual history of Chinese philosophy. His recent publications include Xiong Shiliâs Treatise on Reality and Function (OUP, 2023) and the edited volume The Awakening of Faith and New Confucian Philosophy (Brill, 2021).
Acknowledgments
Abbreviation
Translatorâs Introduction
Preface
Part A, General Principles
1 Mind and Matter
â1âCause and Effect
â2âMatter, Generative Vitality, and Mind
â3âGeneral Summary of the Principles of Reality and Function
â4âTwo Kinds of Learning
â5âThe Mind of Humaneness and Learning Concerned with Cultivating the Way
â6âThe Practices of Buddhism and Confucianism Compared
â7âSpecific Criticisms of MahÄyÄna Buddhism
â8âCritique of the Buddhistsâ Understanding of Main Kinds of Cravings
â9âConcluding Criticisms of Buddhism
â10âConcluding Criticisms of Daoism
2 Returning to Oneself
â1âZhuangzi and Hui Shi
â2âMind and Body
â3âThe Mind of Humaneness
â4âLearning Concerned with the Pursuit of Things and Learning Concerned with Returning to Oneself
â5âThe Four Principles of Wisdom
â6âWhy Is There Wrongdoing?
â7âSummary Evaluation the Teachings of the Daoists, the Buddhists, and the Confucian Way
â8âSummary Account of How Knowledge Is Formed
â9âSummary Reiteration of the Superior Merits of the Confucian Way of Returning to Oneself
Concluding Remarks
Part B, Synopsis (To be continued)
Appendix
Glossary of Key Terms
Bibliography
Index
Abbreviation
Translatorâs Introduction
Edition and Translation of Explaining Mind æå¿ç¯
Preface
Part A, General Principles
1 Mind and Matter
â1âCause and Effect
â2âMatter, Generative Vitality, and Mind
â3âGeneral Summary of the Principles of Reality and Function
â4âTwo Kinds of Learning
â5âThe Mind of Humaneness and Learning Concerned with Cultivating the Way
â6âThe Practices of Buddhism and Confucianism Compared
â7âSpecific Criticisms of MahÄyÄna Buddhism
â8âCritique of the Buddhistsâ Understanding of Main Kinds of Cravings
â9âConcluding Criticisms of Buddhism
â10âConcluding Criticisms of Daoism
2 Returning to Oneself
â1âZhuangzi and Hui Shi
â2âMind and Body
â3âThe Mind of Humaneness
â4âLearning Concerned with the Pursuit of Things and Learning Concerned with Returning to Oneself
â5âThe Four Principles of Wisdom
â6âWhy Is There Wrongdoing?
â7âSummary Evaluation the Teachings of the Daoists, the Buddhists, and the Confucian Way
â8âSummary Account of How Knowledge Is Formed
â9âSummary Reiteration of the Superior Merits of the Confucian Way of Returning to Oneself
Concluding Remarks
Part B, Synopsis (To be continued)
Appendix
Glossary of Key Terms
Bibliography
Index
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