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{"title":"Shun Culture","authors":"Jesse Ciccotti","doi":"10.1080/10971467.2015.1138204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10971467.2015.1138204","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Following the cultural and social devastation of the mid-twentieth century, posttraditional, post-Marxist China is experiencing a resurgence of interest in numerous traditional cultural elements, including the figure of the ancient sage-king Shun (舜) through what is being called Shun Culture (舜文化). This issue of Contemporary Chinese Thought is devoted to bringing this phenomenon to light as it is expressed among the intellectual elite of contemporary mainland China. This introduction highlights significant features of the discourse that occurs within this phenomenon, raising questions regarding the claims and perspectives presented, and probing a possible alternative to these claims by means of the role and values associated with a “cultural hero” and through engagement with a contemporary Anglo-European ethical discussion.","PeriodicalId":42082,"journal":{"name":"CONTEMPORARY CHINESE THOUGHT","volume":"48 1","pages":"181 - 188"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2017-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10971467.2015.1138204","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45890025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Laozi Studies in the Twenty-First Century","authors":"Wu Xiaoxin, Carine Defoort","doi":"10.1080/10971467.2017.1451082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10971467.2017.1451082","url":null,"abstract":"The Laozi or Daodejing has been for at least two thousand years an object of keen interest in China. This interest has been stirred by some recent discoveries. Two silk manuscripts from an Early Han tomb were excavated in the 1970s, and three pre-Han portions of the text on bamboo slips were found in the 1990s. The resulting academic discussions have been comprehensively discussed in various English studies. A new stir followed after 2009, when Peking University acquired yet another set of manuscripts from a Han tomb. They were written on bamboo slips and divided into two parts titled jing (Classic). Few scholars have doubted their authenticity. This Peking University Laozi has hitherto been discussed in mostly Chinese articles. This issue of Contemporary Chinese Thought provides a glimpse of this research. It contains four articles: by Wang Bo (Peking University), Chen Jing (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), Liao Mingchun and Li Cheng (Tsinghua University), and Ding Sixin (Tsinghua University). The approach that these four contributions share can be roughly identified as intellectual history. They show how the recent discoveries are incorporated into age-long debates, not only concerning this particular text, but entailing reflections on such issues as the stability of texts, different editions, textual variants, the relation between text and commentary, the nature of titles, types of authorship, and the historical context of textual meanings. Before summarizing the articles separately, we briefly present their background setting.","PeriodicalId":42082,"journal":{"name":"CONTEMPORARY CHINESE THOUGHT","volume":"48 1","pages":"111 - 114"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2017-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10971467.2017.1451082","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48290712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Textual Transformation of the Laozi Through the Lens of History of Thought","authors":"Wang Bo","doi":"10.1080/10971467.2017.1451089","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10971467.2017.1451089","url":null,"abstract":"EDITOR’S ABSTRACT This paper discusses the Laozi from the perspective of the history of thought. Rather than trying to establish one correct edition and interpretation of Lao Zi’s work, Wang Bo traces the evolution from a political interpretation (until the Western Han) toward a more esoteric and life-cultivating reading (in the Eastern Han). He shows how these different interpretations may have influenced the text itself. Focusing on differences between the recently acquired Peking University Han Bamboo Slips version and the transmitted edition, he analyzed two cases of remarkable variants: the description of the Way as “profuse” versus “hidden,” and “having desire” versus “having the Way.”","PeriodicalId":42082,"journal":{"name":"CONTEMPORARY CHINESE THOUGHT","volume":"48 1","pages":"115 - 128"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2017-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10971467.2017.1451089","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48184690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Section Division of the Laozi and its Examination","authors":"Ding Si-xin","doi":"10.1080/10971467.2017.1451101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10971467.2017.1451101","url":null,"abstract":"EDITOR’S ABSTRACT This article argues that the early Laozi text underwent three stages: The first (in the middle Warring States period) had section divisions on the basis of the meaning. The second stage (from late Warring States period to early Han) was the formative period of the Laozi text influenced by cosmological numerology; the Silk Manuscript version A is its testimony. The third stage (in the mid-Western Han) finalized the text through the canonization of the Classic by Emperor Jing; it is represented by the Peking University Han Bamboo Slips, Yan Zun, and Liu Xiang versions and became the received edition. From the Han Bamboo Slips to the Liu Xiang version, the Laozi’s two parts and section numbering became increasingly balanced and symmetric. Ding urges scholars to pay attention to all these developments when studying the Laozi text.","PeriodicalId":42082,"journal":{"name":"CONTEMPORARY CHINESE THOUGHT","volume":"48 1","pages":"159 - 179"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2017-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10971467.2017.1451101","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46984615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"“There Are Four Greats in the Realm”: Looking at the Evolution of the Laozi Text with Respect to Different Orderings of the “Four Greats”","authors":"C. Jing","doi":"10.1080/10971467.2017.1451092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10971467.2017.1451092","url":null,"abstract":"EDITOR’S ABSTRACT This paper discusses the two different versions of section 25 of the received Laozi concerning the “four greats in the realm,” one beginning with “the Way is great” and the other with “heaven is great.” While both can be textually supported, this paper argues that the latter is not an error, but rather belongs to an early version of the Laozi. The transmitted edition, however, begins with “the Way is great,” which shows that this version ultimately won out over the former. This paper examines the Han dynasty Laozi commentaries showing the influence of Han dynasty cosmogonies on the ultimate success of the order prioritizing the Way in the transmitted edition.","PeriodicalId":42082,"journal":{"name":"CONTEMPORARY CHINESE THOUGHT","volume":"48 1","pages":"129 - 142"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2017-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10971467.2017.1451092","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47761063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A New Explanation of the Order of Parts in the Laozi","authors":"Liao Mingchun, Li Cheng","doi":"10.1080/10971467.2017.1451094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10971467.2017.1451094","url":null,"abstract":"EDITOR’S ABSTRACT This paper argues that we cannot determine with certainty the sequence of the two parts of the Laozi text: “Way” (Dao) and “Virtue” (De). These two parts (pian) were originally written independently by Lao Zi and in an uncertain chronological order. They originally circulated separately, and were later combined differently by various editors. Thus emerged the two Laozi versions: The one with “Way” preceding “Virtue” has dominated the transmission; the alternative order can be retrieved from recently discovered sources such as the Mawangdui Silk Manuscripts and Han Bamboo Slips.","PeriodicalId":42082,"journal":{"name":"CONTEMPORARY CHINESE THOUGHT","volume":"48 1","pages":"143 - 158"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2017-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10971467.2017.1451094","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42341588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Chen Shaoming on the Methodology of Chinese Philosophy: Experience, Imagination, Reflection","authors":"Carine Defoort","doi":"10.1080/10971467.2017.1435926","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10971467.2017.1435926","url":null,"abstract":"More than a decade ago, three consecutive issues of Contemporary Chinese Thought presented the papers of twenty-one Chinese scholars on the then hot topic of the “legitimacy of Chinese philosophy,” discussing whether or not Chinese masters were philosophers and, hence, ought to be taught at philosophy departments. Since the very lack of consensus on the definition of “philosophy” leads to fruitful debate in the field, the contributions to these three issues were themselves instances of philosophical reflection. Most inspiring were those that did not reduce the matter to merely proving (or disproving) that the label “philosophy” fits the early masters. There was a sense among most authors, including the co-editors, that this very question was doomed to lose its urgency—like medieval castles falling into ruins due to a lack of attention—as soon as more crucial issues would come to the foreground. One of these issues concerned the methodology for studying pre-modern Chinese texts: Which approach would do justice to the early Chinese masters and convince contemporary scholars of their relevance? One author who tackled this question was Chen Shaoming 陈少明. Born in 1958 in Guangdong, he spent two years of his youth (1975–1977) working in the countryside. This experience made him somewhat suspicious of grand theories, but all the more sensitive toward the vagaries of daily life. As soon as China opened up, he took the college entrance exams and, mistakenly, ended up at the history department of South China Normal University (Huanan shifan xueyuan) in the city of Guangzhou (1978–1983). This mistake turned out to be fortunate, since it sharpened his interest in concrete situations and shielded him from the ideological simplicities that dominated at philosophy departments. Shaped by countryside experiences and historical narratives, Chen then turned to the Philosophy department of Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshan) University, also in Guangzhou, to complete a master’s degree (1983–1986). He has stayed there ever since, notwithstanding some temporary visiting and teaching appointments at other places (Harvard University, Fudan University, Taiwan National University, Chinese University of Hong Kong). After several stays at Harvard and his work under the supervision of Tu Weiming in the first decade of this century, the tone in Chen’s work became more existential and was no longer dictated by Hegel and Kant. In 2004 he started the project Classics and Interpretation (Jingdian yu jieshi), which expanded his scope of interest and increased collaboration with colleagues in the field. His teaching and research have been on a wide variety of topics concerning early Chinese texts, especially Zhuangzi, the Lunyu, the Four Books, and the scholarship of late Qing and Republican scholars. In 2009 Guangdong province recognized him as a Pearl River Scholar (Zhujiang xuezhe). And in 2015 he received from the Ministry of Education the national honor of Yangtze Scholar (Changjiang xuez","PeriodicalId":42082,"journal":{"name":"CONTEMPORARY CHINESE THOUGHT","volume":"48 1","pages":"51 - 54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2017-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10971467.2017.1435926","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49404623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Further Reflections on the Methodology of Chinese Philosophical Research—Starting from Cashing in the “Bank-Note of Ideas”","authors":"Chen Shaoming","doi":"10.1080/10971467.2017.1435933","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10971467.2017.1435933","url":null,"abstract":"EDITOR’S ABSTRACT This paper compares speculative or textbook philosophy with kite flying risking to lose touch with the topic of reflection. The alternative that Chen defends here is a more experience-grounded, concrete, and imaginary reflection on less often discussed ideas and on allegories. He carves out this approach from four related disciplinary methodologies: the “philological” focus on textual matters, the “history of thought” focusing on past eras, “scholastic history” (a term from Qian Mu) connecting past ideas with their future, and “history of philosophy” immediately searching Chinese equivalents for Western notions. The experience that Chen stresses is that of the text’s original authors and later interpreters. This approach can also leads toward universal insights and the pleasure of an unending interpretive dialogue.","PeriodicalId":42082,"journal":{"name":"CONTEMPORARY CHINESE THOUGHT","volume":"48 1","pages":"80 - 94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2017-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10971467.2017.1435933","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49539139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Phenomenological Analysis of Shame","authors":"Chen Shaoming","doi":"10.1080/10971467.2017.1435930","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10971467.2017.1435930","url":null,"abstract":"EDITOR’S ABSTRACT This article presents a phenomenological analysis of several Chinese notions of shame—embarrassment (xiu), chagrin (kui), shame (chi), and disgrace (ru). It elaborates on their structural connections and related experiences, more particularly concerning interpersonal conditions and emotional or physical reactions. Chen focuses on the notion of moral shame, its connection to the Confucian tradition, and its weakening in the current society, due to ideational and technical circumstances, such as the increased sense of individual self and the booming of internet culture.","PeriodicalId":42082,"journal":{"name":"CONTEMPORARY CHINESE THOUGHT","volume":"48 1","pages":"55 - 67"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2017-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10971467.2017.1435930","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44610514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Logic of Imagination: Classical Examples from Chinese Philosophy","authors":"Chen Shaoming","doi":"10.1080/10971467.2017.1435932","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10971467.2017.1435932","url":null,"abstract":"EDITOR’S ABSTRACT This article analyzes three well-known stories—the child about to fall in a well from Mencius, the butterfly dream in Zhuangzi, and the spear–shield contradiction in Han Feizi —to illustrate a type of philosophical argumentation that the author finds particularly inspiring but little explored in the reading of early Chinese texts. As opposed to the more speculative and abstract mode of philosophizing that has been largely imported from (or stimulated by) the West and that dominates at philosophy departments, a careful reflection on allegories, based on concrete experience and a lively imagination, leads to insights that are also universal and endlessly inspiring. Their interpretation can be very different from Western philosophical insights that seem similar at first sight.","PeriodicalId":42082,"journal":{"name":"CONTEMPORARY CHINESE THOUGHT","volume":"48 1","pages":"68 - 79"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2017-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10971467.2017.1435932","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41568471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}