Response to the Criticisms

Abstract

In this short essay, I attempt to respond to the constructive critiques that Ni Peimin and Richard Stichler have directed at our recent translation and interpretation of the Zhongyong. These are two serious scholars, and I am grateful for their careful reading of our work. With Ni Peimin, our major disagreement comes with the terminology used to render the processual Chinese worldview into English. Our disagreement with Richard Stichler is, quite literally, more “substantial”.