Reconstructing the Confucian Dao: Zhu Xi's Appropriation of Zhou Dunyi

360 Pages·2014·14.23 MB·English

by  Adler

RECONSTRUCTING THE CONFUCIAN DAO
SUNY SERIES IN CHINESE PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE

Roger T. Ames, editor
Reconstructing the
CONFUCIAN DAO
Zhu Xi’s Appropriation
of Zhou Dunyi
JOSEPH A. ADLER
S U N Y
TATE NIVERSITY OF EW ORK
P
RESS

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ISBN 978-1-4384-5157-2 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Zhou, Dunyi, 1017–1073. 2. Neo-Confucianism.
3. Zhu, Xi, 1130–1200. I. Title.
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For Ruth and Anna
Contents
Acknowledgments
PART I
Introduction
Chapter 1: Zhu Xi, Zhou Dunyi, and the Confucian dao
Chapter 2: Zhou Dunyi’s Role in the daotong
Chapter 3: The Interpenetration of Activity and Stillness
Chapter 4: Taiji as “Supreme Polarity”
Conclusions
PART II: Translations of Zhou Dunyi’s Major Works and Zhu Xi’s
Commentaries, with Further Discussions by Zhu Xi and His Students
Introduction
Chapter 5: The Supreme Polarity Diagram (Taijitu 太極圖)
Chapter 6: Discussion of the Supreme Polarity Diagram (Taijitu shuo 太
極圖說)
Chapter 7: Penetrating the Scripture of Change (Tongshu 通書)
Chapter 8: Zhu Xi’s Postfaces and Notes
Bibliography
Index