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ASIAN PHILOSOPHY Contents of Volume 8, 1998 JOINT EDITORS Dr Indira Mahalingam and Dr Brian Carr, Department of Philosophy, University of Nottingham ADVISORY EDITORIAL BOARD R. E. Allinson, Philosophy Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; R. T. Ames, Philosophy Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA; J. G. Bousfield, Theology and Religious Studies, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK; M. Chatterjee, Philosophy Department, University of Delhi, India; R.G ombrich, Balliol College, Oxford, UK; L. E. Goodman, Philosophy Department, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, USA; J. Hinnells, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK; F. J. Hoffman, Philosophy Department, West Chester University, USA; T. Koizumi, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan; Whalen Lai, Philosophy Department, University of California at Davis, USA; J. D. Latham, Muir Institute, University of Edinburgh, UK; J. C. Maraldo, History, Philosophy & Religious Studies Department, University of North Florida, USA; S. McFarlane, Religious Studies Department, University of Lancaster, UK; H. Nakamura, The Eastern Institute, Tokyo, Japan; I. R. Netton, Arabic Studies Department, University of Leeds, UK; D. J. O’Connor, Philosophy Department, University of Exeter, UK; K. H. Potter, Philosophy Department, University of Washington, Seattle, USA; A. Piatigorsky, History Department, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK; N. Rescher, Philosophy Department, University of Pittsburgh, USA; A. Roy, Philosophy Department, Lady Sri Ram College, University of Delhi, India; T. Skorupski, Far East Department, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK; N. Smart, Religious Studies Department, University of Lancaster, UK; Sir Peter Strawson, Magdalen College, University of Oxford, UK; K. Werner, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK; Xing Fensi, Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; Wang Rui-sheng, Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; F. W. Zimmermann, The Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, UK. Asian Philosophy is an international journal concerned with the philosophical traditions of the East. The purpose of the journal is to bring these rich and varied traditions to a worldwide academic audience. It publishes articles in the central philosophical areas of metaphysics, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, moral and social philosophy, as well as in applied philosophical areas such as aesthetics and jurisprudence. It also publishes articles comparing Eastern and Western philosophical traditions. Editorial correspondence, including manuscripts for submission and books for review, should be addressed to Dr Indira Mahalingam and Dr Brian Carr, Asian Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK, Fax 01159 515840. Details concerning the submission and preparation of articles can be found on the inside back cover of each issue. Business correspondence, including orders and remittances relating to subscriptions, advertisements, back numbers and offprints, should be addressed to the publishers: Carfax Publishing Ltd, PO Box 25, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 3UE, UK. Asian Philosophy is currently abstracted in: Periodica Islamica; British Humanities Index; DARE Databank and UNESCO CD-rom and on line via ECHO, Arts & Humanities Citation Index®, Research Alert®, Current Contents®/Arts & Humanities. The journal is published three times a year, in March, July and November. These three issues constitute one volume. ISSN 0955-2367 © 1998 Carfax Publishing Ltd Contents of Volume 8, 1998 Volume 8 Number 1 March 1998 Richard King. Vijfiaptimatrata and the Abhidharma Context of Early Yogacara Roy W. Perrett. Truth, Relativism and Western Conceptions of Indian Philosophy R. James Fer. -on. Inclusive Strategies for Restraining Aggression—lessons from classical Chinese culture James A. Ryan. Moral Philosophy and Moral Psychology in Mencius BOOK REVIEWS Tu Wei-Ming (Ed.): Confucian Traditions in East Asian Modernity: moral education and economic culture in Japan and the four mini-dragons (James A. Ryan) Don J. Wyatt: The Recluse of Loyang: Shao Yung and the moral evolution of early Sung thought (Whalen Lai) James W. Heisig & John C. Maraldo (Eds): Rude Awakenings: Zen, the Kyoto School and questions of nationalism (Stuart Picken) Alex Wayman: Untying the Knots in Buddhism. Selected essays (Karel Werner) Bruce M. Sullivan: Historical Dictionary of Hinduism (Karel Werner) William L. Reese: Dictionary of Philosophy and Religion. Eastern and Western thought (Karel Werner) Volume 8 Number 2 July 1998 Ian Whicher. The Final Stages of Purification in Classical Yoga Michael P. Levine. No-Self, Real Self, Ignorance and Self-Deception: does self- deception require a self? Carine Defoort. The Rhetorical Power of Naming: the case of regicide Wai-ming Ng. The Yin—Yang—Wu-Hsing Doctrine in the Textual Tradition of Tokugawa Japanese Agriculture BOOK REVIEWS Robert G. Morrison: Nietzsche and Buddhism: a study in nthilism and tronic affinities (David R. Loy) Mark Setton: Chéng Yagyong: Korea’s challenge to orthodox neo-Confucianism (Hwa Yol Jung) Sukumari Bhattacharji: Fatalism in Ancient India (Karel Werner) Burton Watson (Trans.): The Vimalakirti Sutra (from the Chinese version by Kumarajiva) (Karel Werner) Richard Rutt: Zhouyi, the Book of Changes—a new translation with commentary (Xinzhong Yao and Helene McMurtrie) NEWS ITEM Volume 8 Number 3 November 1998 Deborah H. Soles & David E. Soles. Fish Traps and Rabbit Snares: Zhuangzi on judgement, truth and knowledge James A. Stroble. Justification of War in Ancient China Jim P. Behuniak. Poem as Proposition in the Analects: a Whiteheadian reading of a Confucian sensibility Marina Carnogurska. Original Ontological Roots of Ancient Chinese Philosophy BOOK REVIEWS David Loy: Lack and Transcendence: The Problem of Death and Life in Psychotherapy, Existentialism, and Buddhism (Padmasiri de Silva) Crispin Sartwell: Obscenity, Anarchy, Reality (Michael Clark) Michael Comans (Trans.): Extracting the Essence of the Sruti. The Srutisarasamuddharanam of Totakacarya (Karel Werner)