Xiong Shili's Understanding of Reality and Function, 1920-1937

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-43157-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 21, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 528 g

Reihe: Modern Chinese Philosophy

In Xiong Shili’s Understanding of Reality and Function, 1920-1937, SANG Yu presents a detailed examination and analysis of how Xiong Shili gradually established his philosophical system of Reality (ti) and Function (yong), a key conceptual polarity in traditional Chinese philosophy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sang, Yu

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Objectives of the Study

2 Methodology of the Study

3 Significance of the Study

4 Chapter Outlines

5 Xiong’s Biographical Information and Its Historical Context

1 The Philosophical Background to the Development of Xiong’s Ti-yong Metaphysics

1 The Formation and Development of the Ti-yong Conceptual Polarity in Chinese Philosophical History

2 Xiong’s Reflections on the Ontological and the Phenomenal before 1920

3 A Dispute Concerning Reality and Function in the Early Twentieth Century

4 Concluding Remarks

2 Xiong’s Two-level Ti-yong System between 1920 and 1923

1 Level 1: Suchness as Reality and Consciousness as Function

2 Level 2: Productive Power as Reality and Manifest Activity as Function

3 The Influence of Ouyang Jingwu’s Ti-yong Perspective

4 Concluding Remarks

3 The Modification of Xiong’s Conception of Reality and Function between 1923 and 1927

1 The 1926 Weishixue Gailun

2 Weishi Lun

3 The Structure and Main Arguments of This Chapter

4 Xiong’s Understanding of Ti-yong in the 1926 Weishixue Gailun

5 Xiong’s Understanding of Ti-yong in His Weishi Lun

6 Concluding Remarks

7 Appendix: A Clarification of the Period Xiong Composed the Weishi Lun

4 The Development of Xiong’s Conception of Reality and Function between 1927 and 1937

1 Whether or Not Sentient Beings Share the Same Reality

2 The Development of Xiong’s Understanding of Reality

3 The Relationship between Reality and Function

4 Concluding Remarks

Conclusion

1 A Review of Xiong’s Changing Understanding of Reality and Function between 1920 and 1937

2 Why is Xiong’s Philosophy of Reality and Function Unique?

3 Why Did Xiong Continue to Modify and Develop His Conception of Reality and Function?

Works Cited

Index

Über Autor(innen)

SANG Yu, Ph.D. (2019) in Chinese Studies, The Australian National University, is a postdoctoral researcher in the Institute of Philosophy at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, and a visiting scholar in the Australian Centre on China in the World at the ANU. Her research focuses on Chinese philosophy, in particular Buddhism and New Confucianism, and the intellectual history of modern China.