Xiong Shili's Treatise on Reality and Function

Buch | Softcover

296 Seiten

2023
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-768869-4 (ISBN)

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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. His ultimate concern throughout his long intellectual career was to show that "Reality (ti) and function (yong) are non-dual." Reality is the "locus" that ontologically grounds the phenomenal yet is not different from the phenomenal. His onto-cosmology draws syncretically on a diverse range of resources in the Chinese philosophical tradition to construct his own overarching metaphysical vision, articulated within the broader context of advancing a systematic critique of both Madhyamaka and Yogācāra Buddhist thought, the culmination of nearly four decades of critical engagement.

Treatise on Reality and Function (Ti yong lun) is the mature expression of Xiong's signature metaphysical doctrine. Published in 1958, Xiong considered it to be his most important philosophical achievement, but it has never before appeared in English. This annotated translation by John Makeham presents the text along with the original foreword attributed to Han Yuankai, and Xiong's original preface.

John Makeham is Professor Emeritus at La Trobe University and The Australian National University. He has held academic positions at Victoria University of Wellington, University of Adelaide, National Taiwan University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Australian National University, and La Trobe University.

Foreword by Han Yuankai

Superfluous Things
Chapter 1: Explaining Transformation
Chapter 2: Buddhist Teachings, A
Chapter 3: Buddhist Teachings, B
Chapter 4: Forming Material Things
Chapter 5: Explaining the Mind (Listed as "Forthcoming")

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Erscheinungsdatum	04.09.2023
Reihe/Serie	OXFORD CHINESE THOUGHT SERIES
Übersetzer	John Makeham
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	236 x 158 mm
Gewicht	445 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
ISBN-10	0-19-768869-1 / 0197688691
ISBN-13	978-0-19-768869-4 / 9780197688694
Zustand	Neuware