Chinese Imperial Philosophy After Buddhism

Across a set of three volumes spanning more than three thousand years, this is a survey of thinkers central to the development of philosophical thought in China. The second volume presents a comprehensive history of Chinese philosophy from the late Han to the early Qing dynasties (third to seventeenth century). It discusses the introduction of Buddhism to China, its interpretation, and its interaction with Daoist and Confucian thought, including the rise and development of multiple lines of the “Neo-Confucian” learning. Emphasizing the multilinear and increasingly intercultural nature of Chinese Imperial Philosophy, this book also sheds light on the emergence of Sino-Muslim and Sino-Christian thought, the spread of Chinese philosophy across Korea and Japan, and its engagement with early modern European ideas.

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents Introduction, Selusi Ambrogio and Dawid Rogacz 1. Abhidharma and the Formation of Buddhist Ontology in China, Bart Dessein 2. Chinese Madhyamaka and Early Buddhist-Daoist Exchange, Ellen Y. Zhang 3. Yogacara and Buddhist Logic in China Tathagatagarbha and Yogacara Thought in China, Ching Keng Chinese Buddhist Logic, Jakub Zamorski 4. Sinicization of Buddhism: From Tiantai to Chan Evil, Suffering, and Meditation in Tiantai Buddhism, Jenny Hung Two Visions of Chan Enlightenment, Albert Welter 5. Huayan Buddhism: The Philosophy of Interrelated Existence, Imre Hamar 6. Chinese Esoteric Buddhism and Tang Daoism Esoteric Teachings (mijiao) and the Transformative Realization of the Buddha's Presence, Martin Lehnert and Tsou Yu-sheng Tang Daoism, Friederike Assandri 7. Medieval Chinese Aesthetics Medieval Chinese Philosophy of Literature, Ping Wang The Art of Landscape Painting in Medieval China, David Chai 8. Tang Confucianism: Ruist Philosophy from the Seventh to Ninth Century, Dawid Rogacz 9. The Origins of 'Neo-Confucianism': Zhou Dunyi, Shao Yong, and Zhang Zai, Don J. Wyatt 10. The Philosophy of Cheng Brothers, Wong Wai-ying 11. The Formation of Zhu Xi's Thought and Musings on Temporality, Kirill O. Thompson 12. Practical Learning from the Song through Yuan, Hoyt Tillman, Christian Soffel and Lu Chentong 13. Lu Xiangshan, Wang Yangming, and the Early Heart-mind Learning, George L. Israel 14. Li Zhi and Late Ming Heart-mind Learning, Phillip Grimberg and Markus Haselbeck 15. The Life Force (qi) Learning and Independent Ming Thinkers Discourses on Life Force (qi) in the Ming Dynasty, Chang Woei Ong Ru Meditation and Philosophical Anthropology in Late Ming, Bin Song 16. Buddhist, Daoist, and Muslim Philosophy from Song to Qing Buddhism from Late Song to Early Qing Dynasties, Wu Jinhui Daoist Philosophy of the Song through Qing Period, Stephen Eskildsen Early Sino-Muslim Thought, James Frankel 17. Early intellectual encounters between China and the West Early Chinese Encounters with Western Philosophy, Thierry Meynard Early Western encounters with Chinese philosophy, Selusi Ambrogio 18. Evidential Learning (kaozheng) and Philosophy during the Ming-Qing Transition, On-cho Ng 19. Wang Fuzhi's Confucian System, Tan Mingran 20. Chinese Philosophy in Korea and Japan: Translations, Transitions, Transfigurations Chinese Philosophy in Japan, Rein Raud Chinese Philosophy in Korea, Jung-Yeup Kim Notes on Contributors Index

About the Author :
Dawid Rogacz is Assistant Professor at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. He is author of Chinese Philosophy of History (Bloomsbury, 2020), board member of the European Association of Chinese Philosophy and the journal Asian Studies. Selusi Ambrogio is Assistant Professor of Chinese Philosophy and Chinese Literature at the University of Macerata, Italy. He is the author of Chinese and Indian Ways of Thinking in Early Modern European Philosophy (Bloomsbury, 2020), President of the European Association for Chinese Philosophy, and Editorial Board member of the journal Asian Studies.