Table of Contents

1. Dedication
2. Title page
3. Copyright page
4. Preface
5. 1: Introduction
   1. 1  This book
   2. 2  Background
   3. Notes
6. 2: Pattern and Vital Stuff
   1. 1  Introduction and background
   2. 2  Vital stuff
   3. 3  Pattern
   4. 4  Debates over Pattern's relation to vital stuff
   5. 5  The many faces of Pattern
   6. Notes
7. 3: Nature
   1. 1  Introduction and background
   2. 2  Nature as ground of morality
   3. 3  Beyond good and bad?
   4. 4  Individuality and badness
   5. 5  Debating Dai Zhen's alternative picture
   6. Notes
8. 4: Heartmind
   1. 1  Background: the accordance problem for Neo-Confucians and their predecessors
   2. 2  Identifying heartmind with Pattern
   3. 3  Zhu Xi on nature, emotions, and the heartmind
   4. 4  Late Ming and Qing developments: to the extremes
   5. Notes
9. 5: Emotions
   1. 1  Background
   2. 2  Emotional dispositions and objectivity in early Neo-Confucianism
   3. 3  Desire
   4. 4  The four beginnings as morally pure?
   5. 5  Wang Yangming on emotion and good knowing
   6. 6  A “soliloquy of emotion”?
   7. Notes
10. 6: Knowing
    1. 1  Introduction
    2. 2  Sensory knowing versus virtuous nature's knowing in the Northern Song
    3. 3  Sensory knowing versus virtuous nature's knowing: later developments
    4. 4  Zhu Xi's three types of knowing
    5. 5  Deliberation, holistic insight, and the unity of knowing and acting
    6. Notes
11. 7: Self-Cultivation
    1. 1  Introduction
    2. 2  Frameworks of cultivation
    3. 3  Ritual and physical disciplines
    4. 4  Greater Learning and “getting a handle on things”
    5. 5  Mental discipline
    6. 6  Studying the Confucian canon
    7. Notes
12. 8: Virtues
    1. 1  Background
    2. 2  Virtues and their interrelations
    3. 3  Sincerity and wholeheartedness
    4. 4  Women and virtue
    5. Notes
13. 9: Governance and Institutions
    1. 1  Introduction
    2. 2  Loyalty and faction
    3. 3  Institutional versus character-centered theories of governance
    4. 4  Law and authority
    5. 5  State structure: commanderies versus fiefdoms
    6. Notes
14. 10: The Enduring Significance of Neo-Confucianism
    1. 1  The historical fate of Neo-Confucianism
    2. 2  Neo-Confucianism and comparative philosophy
    3. Notes
15. Appendix 1: Teaching Neo-Confucianism Topically
    1. Note
16. Appendix 2: Table of Neo-Confucians (by Date and Philosophical Emphasis)
17. Appendix 3: Abbreviations of Primary Sources
18. Bibliography
19. Index
20. End User License Agreement

List of Tables

1. Table 1.1  Prominent Neo-Confucians
2. Table 1.2  Pinyin
3. Table 1.3  Chinese Dynasties from Tang to Qing
4. Table 9.1  Political trends

List of Illustrations

1. Figure 2.1  The Meng Hexagram
2. Figure 2.2  The Diagram of the Supreme Pivot
3. Figure 4.1  Solutions to the Accordance Problem

Guide

1. Cover
2. Table of Contents
3. Start Reading
4. Preface
5. CHAPTER 1
6. Index