Confucius and Confuncianism – The Essentials

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<p>Preface: Why Confucius?</p>
<p>Book Notes.</p>
<p>Chronology.</p>
<p>1 Confucius World and His Life.</p>
<p>Confucius World: Looking Back to a Long, Unifi ed Civilization.</p>
<p>The Zhou Dynasty.</p>
<p>Ancestors and Spirits.</p>
<p>Heaven and the Choice of Heaven .</p>
<p>The Decline of the Zhou Dynasty and the Rise of the Warring States.</p>
<p>The Life of Confucius.</p>
<p>Sources.</p>
<p>Versions of the Texts.</p>
<p>Hagiography, the Pious Stories of Confucius Life.</p>
<p>Scholarly Versions of Confucius Life.</p>
<p>2 Confucius Teachings I: The Foundation of a Good Person.</p>
<p>Filial Piety.</p>
<p>Dutifulness or Loyalty.</p>
<p>Honesty and Sincerity.</p>
<p>Rightness and Knowledge.</p>
<p>Courage.</p>
<p>Understanding, Sympathy, Compassion.</p>
<p>Humanity.</p>
<p>Ritual.</p>
<p>The Gentleman.</p>
<p>3 Confucius Teachings II: The Foundation of a Good Society and Other Topics.</p>
<p>Setting Words Right.</p>
<p>For the Benefi t of the People.</p>
<p>Laws.</p>
<p>Models.</p>
<p>Education without Distinction.</p>
<p>Women.</p>
<p>The Gods, the Spirits of the Dead, and the Afterlife.</p>
<p>The Choice of Heaven and Heaven.</p>
<p>Fate.</p>
<p>The Way.</p>
<p>4 Terms, and Mozi.</p>
<p>Problems with Schools and –isms .</p>
<p>Problems with the Term Confucianism .</p>
<p>Mozi and Mohism.</p>
<p>5 Opponents.</p>
<p>Daoism.</p>
<p>The Strategists.</p>
<p>The Logicians.</p>
<p>Legalism.</p>
<p>Others.</p>
<p>6 Mencius.</p>
<p>Human Nature is Good.</p>
<p>Human Nature and Heaven.</p>
<p>Government.</p>
<p>Mencius on Confucian Themes.</p>
<p>Summary.</p>
<p>7 Xunzi.</p>
<p>Human Nature is Evil.</p>
<p>Morality is Artifi cial.</p>
<p>Ritual.</p>
<p>Government.</p>
<p>Language.</p>
<p>Heaven.</p>
<p>Xunzi on Confucian Themes.</p>
<p>Summary.</p>
<p>8 Confucians, Confucian Texts, and the Qin Dynasty.</p>
<p>Other Confucian Groups.</p>
<p>Confucius and Confucian Texts.</p>
<p>The First Emperor and the Reunifi cation of China.</p>
<p>9 The Han Dynasty, 206 BCE 220 CE.</p>
<p>History and Development.</p>
<p>The Classics in the Han.</p>
<p>The New Text School.</p>
<p>The Yin–Yang Theory.</p>
<p>Qi.</p>
<p>The Five Phases.</p>
<p>The Status of Confucius.</p>
<p>The Old Text School.</p>
<p>Other Confucian Texts in the Han Dynasty.</p>
<p>Summary.</p>
<p>10 From the Han to the Tang Dynasties, 220 907 CE.</p>
<p>Buddhism and Its Development.</p>
<p>Confucianism from the Han to the Tang Dynasties.</p>
<p>Civil Service Examinations and the Imperial Civil Service.</p>
<p>The Civil Service.</p>
<p>The Status of Confucius in Imperial China.</p>
<p>Confucian Temples.</p>
<p>Confucius as a God.</p>
<p>Confucianism outside of China: Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.</p>
<p>Summary.</p>
<p>11 Neo–Confucianism.</p>
<p>The Northern and Southern Song Dynasties.</p>
<p>Neo–Confucianism.</p>
<p>Issues in Neo–Confucianism.</p>
<p>Early Neo–Confucian Thinkers.</p>
<p>Zhu Xi (1130 1200) and Li Xue, the School of Principle.</p>
<p>The School of Mind/Heart.</p>
<p>Wang Yangming.</p>
<p>Summary.</p>
<p>12 Confucianism and Modernity.</p>
<p>The Qing Dynasty, 1644 1911.</p>
<p>Kang Youwei (1858 1927) and the Reform of Confucianism.</p>
<p>The May 4th Movement.</p>
<p>The Guomindang and the New Life Movement.</p>
<p>The Communist Party and the Communist Government.</p>
<p>New Confucians.</p>
<p>Confucianism as the Foundation of Chinese Culture.</p>
<p>Substance/Application.</p>
<p>The Confucian Core.</p>
<p>Confucianism as Religion.</p>
<p>Asian Values.</p>
<p>Governments: Taiwan, Singapore, and China.</p>
<p>Critics of New Confucianism.</p>
<p>New Confucianism s Impact and Importance.</p>
<p>Summary.</p>
<p>13 Issues.</p>
<p>What is Confucianism?</p>
<p>Democracy.</p>
<p>The Emphasis on the Economy.</p>
<p>Ritual.</p>
<p>Filial Piety.</p>
<p>Education.</p>
<p>Self–cultivation.</p>
<p>Does Confucianism Include Women? Can Confucianism Include Women?</p>
<p>Critics.</p>
<p>Is Confucianism a Religion? A Philosophy? Something Else?</p>
<p>Summary.</p>
<p>Notes.</p>
<p>Glossary of Names and Terms.</p>
<p>Suggestions for Further Reading.</p>
<p>Bibliography.</p>
<p>Index.</p>