Confucianism

The following sections are included:

• Preface

• About the Authors

• Contents

The following sections are included:

• His Great Personality

• His Humanism

• First Democratic Educator

• An Accomplished Philosophical Man

• Inauguration of a New Era

• The Four Steps

• Aim at the Dao

• Build up a Base with Virtue

• Rely on Ren

• Relax in the Arts

• Man's Mind, Nature, and Sentiments

• Learning, Knowledge, Intuition

• Action

• Have a Sincere Will

• Happiness in the Dao

• The Middle Way

• To Be a Sage Inside and a King Outside

• People Are Masters

• Confucianism and the Idea of Revolution

• Great Harmony

• Lineage of Confucianism

• A Confucianist Century for the World

The following sections are included:

• A Humanist Philosophy

• Ren, a Concept Created by Confucius

• Righteousness: Its Relationships with Ren, with Courage, with the Li, etc.

• Filial Devotion

• Trustworthiness

• Loyalty and Empathy

• Public Spirit and Straightforwardness

• Respect and Sincerity

• Calmness and Firmness

• Thrift, Modesty, and Willingness to Yield

• Seeing a Man's Merit Through His Faults

• Overcoming One's Self in Order to Get Back to the Li

The following sections are included:

• The Goal of Education

• The Systems of Education

• Equality of Opportunity in Education, a New Trend in the 20th Century

• National Homogeneity Through Education

• Upholding Man's Virtuous Nature

• Learning about the Dao Through Inquiry and Practice

• Grasping the Vast and Big

• Exhausting the Subtle and Abstruse

• Textbooks and Curricula

• Methods of Instruction

• The Way of a Teacher

• Friends as Teachers

• Giving Education to More People

• Character-Building

The following sections are included:

• The People Are Important

• Heaven's Mandate Is Revocable

• Notions of Liberty and Equality

• Governing a Country with the Li

• Rectifying the Names

• Politics and Education

• Politics and Ethics

• Administration by the Elite

• The Way of a Statesman

• Secrets of Efficiency

• The Problem of Public Opinion

• Self-Cultivation

• Regulation of the Family

• Self-Government on the Xiang Level

• How to Govern a Whole Country

• Confucianism and Dr. Sun's Three Principles

• Pacification of the World

• Da-tong (Great Harmony)

The following sections are included:

• The Place of Law in Chinese Culture

• The Li versus the Law

• The Three Classics on the Li

• Some Stimulating Comments on the Li

• The Li and the Natural Law

• The Writing and Publication of the Law

• Applications of the Law

• Judges

• The Legalists

• Some Principles in Chinese Law

• The Chinese Legal System

The following sections are included:

• A Country Dedicated to the Li and the ϒue

• Harmony, the Spirit of the ϒue

• Confucius the Artist

• Songs and Dances

• Poetics

• Diction in Prose

• A Further Discussion on Music

• Masters of the ϒue

• Musical Instruments

• A Further Discussion on the Dance

• Painting

• Physical Culture

• Living with Nature

• Aesthetics and Education

The following sections are included:

• Theories and Facts

• The Book of Changes : Its Own History

• The ϒin and the ϒang, the Ultimate Being, and the Ultimate Nothingness

• Change, No-Change, Simplicity

• The Virtue of Modesty

• Rising up from Trouble

• Lessons from The Book of Documents

• An Interpretation of History

• Chun-qiu

• Using the Right Words

• Upholding National Unity

• Curbing the Barbarians

• The Three Commentaries of the Chun-qiu

• A Great Tradition: Historians' Integrity

The following sections are included:

• Confucius Was a Knight

• Preparedness

• Defense Through Virtue

• A Ren Man Can Never Be Defeated

• Using Kindness to Put an End to Troubles

• A Ren Man Has to Resist Aggression

• Wang Yi, a Boy Who Died for Lu

• Ran Qiu, Scholar-soldier

• Zi-gong, an Adroit Diplomat

• Cautiousness and Careful Planning

• Military Organization During the Middle Zhou

• A Pact for Permanent Peace

The following sections are included:

• Heaven's Dao

• Tian

• The Orders from Heaven

• Heaven and Man Are One

• Reverence for Heaven and Love for Man

• Filial Piety

• Life and Death

• Sacrificial Ceremonies

• The Catholic Appraisal of China's Religious Tradition

• Confucius Prayed

• Is Confucianism a Religion

• The Confucianist Motto: Be Sincere

The following sections are included:

• Perfection Was the Aim

• The Ru (儒), Scholar with a Principle

• The Good Men, the Accomplished Men, and the Great Men

• The Shi (士), Knight-Scholar with a Purpose

• The Jun-zi (君子), Perfect Gentlemen

• The Xian-men (贤人), the Worthy Ones

• The Sheng-men (圣人), the Sages

• The Sages in Legendary Times

• The Five Ren-men (仁人) of Shang

• The Sages and the Xian-men of Early Zhou

• Guan Zhong and Zi-chan

• Liu-xia Hui and Qu Bo-yu

The following sections are included:

• The Number of Disciples

• Their Geographical Origins

• Their Years of Birth

• The Ten Disciples with Four Kinds of Specialties

• Yan Yuan

• Min Zi-qian, Ran Bo-niu, and Zhong-gong

• Zai Wo and Zi-gong

• Ran You and Zi-lu

• Zi-you

• Zi-xia

• Zeng Shen

• Zi-zhang

• Some Other Disciples

• Epilogue

The following sections are included:

• A Main Stream in Chinese Cultural History

• Beginnings of Confucianism

• The Spread of Confucianism

• Confucianism During the Warring States Periods

• Confucianism During the Han Dynasty

• Confucianism During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties

• Confucianism During the Sui Dynasty

• Confucianism During the Tang Dynasty

• Confucianism During the Northern Song Dynasty

• Confucianism During the Southern Song Dynasty

• Confucianism During the Yuan Dynasty

• Confucianism During the Ming Dynasty

• Confucianism During the Qing Dynasty

The following sections are included:

• Confucius the Educator and Confucius the Author

• The Book of Changes

• The Book of Songs

• The Book of Documents

• The Chun-qiu and Its Three Commentaries

• The Three Classics on the Li

• The Xiao-jing

• The Four Books

• The Great Learning

• The Analects

• The Mencius

• The Doctrine of the Mean

• Evaluation of Ancient Texts

• The Confucian Temple and the Confucian Forest at Qufu

• Honors and Ceremonials Conferred on Confucius and the Outstanding Confucianists

• Birthday of Confucius and Teachers' Day

The following sections are included:

• Confucianism and Eastern Culture

• Cultural Contacts Between China and Korea

• Silla and Its Flower Youths

• Confucianism in Koryo

• Confucianism in Yi's Chao-xian

• Korea's Achievements in Music

• Cultural Contacts Between China and Japan

• Confucianism in Japan Prior to the Sui and the Tang Dynasties

• Confucianism in Japan During the Sui and the Tang Dynasties

• Confucianism in Japan from the Song Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty

• Zhu Shun-shui's Academic Activities in Japan

• Confucianism in Contemporary Japan

• The Confucian Temple at Yushima and the Shibun Kai

• The Tenri University

• Confucianism in Ryukyu

• Confucianism in Vietnam

The following sections are included:

• Confucianism and Western Culture

• The Early Catholic Missionaries in China

• Translations of the Confucian Classics by Catholic Missionaries and Their Other Writings Concerning China

• G. W. Leibnitz

• Voltaire

• Confucian Studies in England from Johnson to Toynbee

• Confucian Studies in Italy, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and Sweden

• Confucian Studies in the United States

The following sections are included:

• The Zeitgeist of the Period of the Spring and Autumn

• Major Events During this Period: A Very Brief Chronology

• Regions and States

• Cultural Assimilation and Territorial Expansion

• Geographical Distribution of 42 Famous Persons

• Government by the Li

• Guan Zhong

• Zi-chan

• Lao-zi

• The Most Important Contributions Made by Confucius

• The Great Synthesizer, the Most Sagely Sage, and the Revered Teacher

• Spread of Confucian Teachings to Other Parts of the World

The following sections are included:

• Appendix

• Bibliography

• Index