2014 Fall
CONFUCIANISM
Confucius
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius
UNESCO Sites: Temple, Mansion, Gravesite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbW2bN74V2w
“Four Books” of Confucianism
(1) Great Learning by Confucius
http://classics.mit.edu/Confucius/learning.html
(2) Analects of Confucius
http://www.yellowbridge.com/onlinelit/analects.php
See Books 2, 7, 12, 17.6.
(3) Doctrine of the Mean by Confucius
http://nothingistic.org/library/confucius/mean/
Mencius
Background
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mencius
(4) The Mencius
http://nothingistic.org/library/mencius/
Xunxi (vs. Mencius on Human Nature)
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/texts/hsun-tse.html
DAOISM
Recall Confucius and the Rectification of Names
Laozi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laozi
Dao de Ching
http://www.taoism.net/ttc/complete.htm
Chuang Tzu
http://nothingistic.org/library/chuangtzu/
NEO-CONFUCIANISM
Zhou Dunyi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou_Dunyi
Diagram of the Supreme Polarity
http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/Religion/Fac/Adler/Writings/Chou.htm
Another Look
http://www.fengshuiwellbeing.com/Taijitu.html
Tongshu
http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/Religion/Fac/Adler/Writings/Tongshu.htm
Afterword: Hindu Self and Buddhist No-self
From the library databases. Translation of a medieval Taoist text written by a woman:
WANG, ROBIN R. “Kundao 坤道: A Lived Body In Female Daoism.” Journal Of Chinese Philosophy 36.2 (2009): 277-292. Religion and Philosophy Collection. Web. 17 Aug. 2013.
I Ching
Wilhelm and Baynes Translation
http://www.pantherwebworks.com/I_Ching/
I Ching Sequencer
http://taolodge.com/flash/sequencer.html
YiJing Hexagram Sequences
http://www.biroco.com/yijing/sequence.htm
Yi-globe
http://www.i-ching.hu/chp00/chp2/reconstruct.htm
I Ching Online
http://www.ichingonline.net/index.php
Expanding the circle
Database: Zhang, Shi-Ying. “Philosophy And Aesthetic: To Begin With The Case Of Western Postmodern Art.” Open Journal Of Philosophy 2.2 (2012): 136-142. Philosopher’s Index. Web. 24 Aug. 2014.
From the Abstract: “Since the middle of the last century, under the influence of traditional Western philosophy, Chinese philosophy lost its traditional beauty. To keep this beauty, we need to go further and understand philosophy as a discipline to upgrade the realm of life. The beauty of life realm comes before the beauty of philosophy. Therefore, Chinese philosophy needs to become life-oriented like postmodern art. Inheriting and developing Daoism philosophy while absorbing the philosophy of life shown through postmodern art, seems to be a good way for us to enhance the realm of life and pursue the beauty of philosophy.”
From the article: “Confucianism makes moral realm the highest realm of life. It also advocates “heaven-man unity”, but its “heaven” is moral to a great extent. Despite all that, its “heaven-man unity” remains to be poetic, for it tries, through a poetic and aesthetic consciousness, to turn a moralized “heavenly principle” into a spontaneous pursuit of the mind. By contrast, Daoism clearly regards aesthetic realm the highest realm of life, and its philosophy features the beauty of philosophy.” (140)
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