Contents Introduction An Overview of Chinese Culture and Thought ..............................1 Timeline of Chinese Culture and Thought .............................................................10 Chapter One Spatial and Temporal Ideas of Early Chinese Culture................13 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 13 Selected Passages from The Book of Changes ....................................................................... 15 “The Announcement of the Duke of Shao” from The Classic of Documents ........................ 18 Extensive Reading A Foreword to I Ching ......................................................................... 21 Extensive Reading B Geographic Background of the Chinese People...............................23 Extensive Reading C North and South................................................................................ 25 Extensive Reading D The History of China from 220 AD—1200 AD ............................... 28 Study Questions...................................................................................................................... 32 Chapter Two The Development of Confucianism ...............................................34 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 34 Selected Passages from The Analects..................................................................................... 36 Selected Passages from Mencius............................................................................................ 37 “The Merit of the Confucian” from The Works of Xunzi........................................................ 39 An Explanation of the Diagram of the Great Ultimate ......................................................... 43 Extensive Reading A Chapter Nine from The Book of Rites............................................... 45 Extensive Reading B “The Great Harmony” from Correcting Youthful Ignorance............ 48 Extensive Reading C An Excerpt from The Problem of China........................................... 52 Study Questions...................................................................................................................... 57 Chapter Three Philosophical Daoism and Its Imaginativeness .........................60 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 60 Selected Passages from Dao De Jing ..................................................................................... 62 “External Things” from Zhuangzi .......................................................................................... 65 Selected Passages from On the Nourishment of Life.............................................................. 68 Extensive Reading A Introduction to Painting .................................................................... 69 Extensive Reading B Selected Passages from Commentary on Zhuangzi .......................... 71 Extensive Reading C The Perfection of the Chinese in the Art of Gardening .................... 73 Extensive Reading D Painting and Calligraphy from The Heritage of Chinese Art ........... 75 Extensive Reading E A Selection from The Tao and the Logos.......................................... 80 Study Questions...................................................................................................................... 83 Chapter Four Chinese Buddhism.........................................................................86 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 86 Selected Passages from The Disposition of Error.................................................................. 88 Selected Passages from Confirmation of the Consciousness-Only System Translated from Sanskrit ................................................................................................................................. 91 Extensive Reading A An Excerpt from A Record of Buddhist Monasteries in Luoyang..... 94 Extensive Reading B Selections from the Dunhuang Version of the Platform Sutra ......... 97 Extensive Reading C Buddhist Influence on Chinese Religious Life ................................. 98 Study Questions.................................................................................................................... 101 Chapter Five The “Others” in Chinese Classics ...............................................102 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 102 Selected Passages from The Mohist Canons ........................................................................ 104 Selected Passages from Han Feizi........................................................................................ 107 “Memorial on the Burning of Books” from “Li Si” of the Records of the Historian .......... 110 A Selection from Gongsun Longzi on the “White Horse”.................................................... 111 Extensive Reading A Implications of Chinese Epistemology...........................................113 Extensive Reading B Selections from The Spirit of the Chinese People .......................... 116 Study Questions.................................................................................................................... 120 目錄
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