- Foreword [Benjamin I. Schwartz]
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Ch’en Liang in Chinese Historical Consciousness
- This Present Appraisal of Ch’en Liang
- The “New” 1212 Edition and Standard Editions of Ch’en Liang’s Works
- 1. Confucian Polarities and Evolving Configurations in Sung Thought
- Some Problems and Polarities in Early Confucianism
- Orientations within Sung Learning: From Unity to Fragmentation of the Tao
- Tao-hsueh and Conflicts with Other Schools of Sung Learning
- Southern Sung: From Accommodation to Confrontation
- Chekiang Tao-hsueh Prior to Ch’en Liang’s Challenge to Chu Hsi in the 1180s
- 2. The Development of Ch’en Liang’s Thought and Personality
- Youthful Phase as Ju-neng, 1143 to 1168
- Transitional Tao-hsueh and Politically Conservative Phase as Liang, 1168 to 1178
- Utilitarian and Relativistic Phase as T’ung-fu, 1178 to 1194
- 3. Factors of Personality and Relationship in the Evolution of the Debate
- 4. The Debate on Ethics in Politics
- Ch’en Liang: The Utilitarian Ethic of End Results
- Chu Hsi: A Morality of Personal Virtue and Motivation
- 5. The Debate on the Tao and Other Values in History
- Ch’en Liang: The Relative and Immanent Tao
- Chu Hsi: The Timeless Integrity of Fundamental Values
- Ch’en Liang’s Relativism and the Absolutism of Some Political Principles
- 6. Politics and the Debate: Illustrated through the Issue of a War to Regain North China; and Reflected in Polarizations between Schools of Thought
- A Comparison of Arguments for the Sung Restoration of North China
- The Impact of the Debate on Polarizations between Schools of Thought
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index
HARVARD EAST ASIAN MONOGRAPHS
Harvard East Asian Monographs 101
Utilitarian Confucianism
Ch’en Liang’s Challenge to Chu Hsi
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