Chinese Philosophy (3^rd Ed.) Introductions to Chinese Culture Series

In this illustrated introduction Wen Haiming explores the characteristics of different philosophers in Chinese history and distinguishes the 'Chinese philosophical sensibility' motivating their thoughts. Employing Western philosophical categories to describe significant issues in the history of philosophy, Wen Haiming considers Chinese political philosophy in the pre-Qin era, Chinese metaphysics from Han to Tang dynasties, Chinese epistemology from Song to Ming dynasties and modern Chinese-Western comparative philosophy. Chinese Philosophy provides a clear, accessible conception of the Chinese philosophical sensibility and its evolution throughout history.

Introduction: what is Chinese philosophy?; 1. Zhouyi: the starting point of Chinese philosophy; 2. Chinese political philosophy: pre-Qin philosophers; 3. Chinese metaphysics: interpretations of the world from Han to Tang dynasties; 4. Chinese epistemology: Song-Ming philosophers on the relationship between mind-heart and things-events; 5. The Dao of Chinese philosophy; 6. Modern Chinese philosophy: New Confucianism and East-West comparative philosophy; Appendix I. Table of key philosophical terms; Appendix II. Timeline of Chinese and Western philosophies; Appendix III. Chronological table of the Chinese dynasties.

Haiming Wen completed his doctoral studies in comparative philosophy at the University of Hawaii, taught as a postdoctoral fellow at Peking University and is now Associate Professor in the School of Philosophy at China Renmin University. He also teaches American CIEE/IE programs and is a member of the American Philosophical Association, the American Chinese Philosophical Association and the International Association for Chinese Philosophy. He has published widely in both Chinese and English, including the book Confucian Pragmatism as the Art of Contextualizing Personal Experience and the World.