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Recovering the Nature: Ma Yifuâs New Confucian Thought and Its Intellectual Background
Series: - Modern Chinese Philosophy, Volume: 28
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Numerous great Chinese thinkers attempted to realise a transcendent ontological foundation in order to live an ideal life informed by the Confucian way. To this end, they sought answers to how the unconditioned foundation could be realised through cognitive awareness that is circumscribed by the conditioned nature of human existence. Inspired by earlier Confucian and Buddhist thinkers, Ma Yifu attempted to offer more refined responses to these two questions. In addressing them, Ma and other modern thinkers also sought to justify the contemporary significance of the Confucian way in a modernising China. This book presents a rich landscape of these ideas. Many primary materials translated and analysed here are introduced in English for the first time.
YU Yihong, Ph.D, (2021), La Trobe University, is an Associate Professorial Research Fellow at Hainan University. His research focuses on the intellectual history of late imperial and modern China. His essays appeared in leading academic journals across Greater China.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
â1âGeneral Background
â2âMaâs Life, Writings and Related Studies
â3âIntellectual Background: Ma Yifu, Neo-Confucianism and Sinitic Buddhism
â4âResearch Questions, Objectives and Methodologies of the Study
â5âChapter Outlines
â6âOverview of Key Ideas in Maâs Thought
1 The Genesis of Ma Yifuâs New Confucian Thought
â1âMa Yifuâs Early Life (1903â1916)
â2âMaâs Absorption of Buddhism and Daoism (1917â1935)
â3âThe Formation of Maâs Theory of the Six Arts (1936â1939)
2 Ma Yifuâs Confucian Ideal Evidenced in Records of Lectures at the Recovering the Nature Academy
â1âAn Overall Examination of the Records of Lectures
â2âRight Practices and Ideal Governance
â3âThe Sageâs Mind and Virtue-Based Governance
âConcluding Remarks
3 Maâs Confucian Ideal and His Contemporaneous Thinkers
â1âMaâs Idealisation of Virtue-Based Governance in the Records of Lectures
â2âContemporaneous and Relevant Issues Viewed from Maâs Perspective
âConcluding Remarks
4 Different New Confucian Alternatives: Ma Yifu and Xiong Shili
â1âXiong Shili on Reality
â2âXiong Shili on Confucianism and Socialist Modernisation
â3âMa Yifu, Mou Zongsan and Spiritual Confucianism
âConcluding Remarks
Conclusion: A Review of Ma Yifuâs New Confucian Thought
â1âMa Yifu, Neo-Confucianism and Sinitic Buddhism
â2âMa Yifu and Modern Chinese Thinkers
â3âMa Yifu and Todayâs Confucian Trends in Mainland China
Appendix 1: A Brief Chronological Biography of Ma Yifuâs Intellectual Life
Appendix 2: Table of the Contents of Two Lectures
Appendix 3: Table (with Classifications) of the Lectures
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
â1âGeneral Background
â2âMaâs Life, Writings and Related Studies
â3âIntellectual Background: Ma Yifu, Neo-Confucianism and Sinitic Buddhism
â4âResearch Questions, Objectives and Methodologies of the Study
â5âChapter Outlines
â6âOverview of Key Ideas in Maâs Thought
1 The Genesis of Ma Yifuâs New Confucian Thought
â1âMa Yifuâs Early Life (1903â1916)
â2âMaâs Absorption of Buddhism and Daoism (1917â1935)
â3âThe Formation of Maâs Theory of the Six Arts (1936â1939)
2 Ma Yifuâs Confucian Ideal Evidenced in Records of Lectures at the Recovering the Nature Academy
â1âAn Overall Examination of the Records of Lectures
â2âRight Practices and Ideal Governance
â3âThe Sageâs Mind and Virtue-Based Governance
âConcluding Remarks
3 Maâs Confucian Ideal and His Contemporaneous Thinkers
â1âMaâs Idealisation of Virtue-Based Governance in the Records of Lectures
â2âContemporaneous and Relevant Issues Viewed from Maâs Perspective
âConcluding Remarks
4 Different New Confucian Alternatives: Ma Yifu and Xiong Shili
â1âXiong Shili on Reality
â2âXiong Shili on Confucianism and Socialist Modernisation
â3âMa Yifu, Mou Zongsan and Spiritual Confucianism
âConcluding Remarks
Conclusion: A Review of Ma Yifuâs New Confucian Thought
â1âMa Yifu, Neo-Confucianism and Sinitic Buddhism
â2âMa Yifu and Modern Chinese Thinkers
â3âMa Yifu and Todayâs Confucian Trends in Mainland China
Appendix 1: A Brief Chronological Biography of Ma Yifuâs Intellectual Life
Appendix 2: Table of the Contents of Two Lectures
Appendix 3: Table (with Classifications) of the Lectures
Bibliography
Index
Scholars and students with knowledge of classical Chinese who are interested in the cultural transformations of modern China, as well as readers interested in Eastern religious philosophy.