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Modernizing Confucianism : Li Zehou's vision and inspiration for an unfinished projectIn Roger T. Ames & Jinhua Jia (eds.), Li Zehou and Confucian philosophy, East-west Center. 2018.
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4A groundbreaking work that uncovers an implicit system of hermeneutics in traditional Chinese thought and aesthetics.
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19The Dao of No-Thinking: The Original Core of Chan ThoughtDao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 23 (1): 99-116. 2024.Zen/Chan 禪 occupies a unique position in world intellectual history. This article argues that there is a trend in the development of Chan thought which significantly reduces the innovative nature of Huineng’s 慧能 original thought and evinces an institutional effort to realign Huineng’s school of Chan with the Buddhist establishment. Its main objective is to locate the original sources of Huineng’s Chan and restore the revolutionary ideas of his thought. Adopting an approach that integrates histor…Read more
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2Reprogram to Pluripotency: A New Logic and a Chemical CocktailNational Science Review 1 (1). 2014.Somatic cells from animals and humans can be reprogrammed into pluripotent stem cells by pluripotency factors. Hongkui Deng and colleagues discovered that pluripotency can also be induced with exogenous lineage specifiers via balancing competing differentiation forces. In a related study they achieved, for the first time, restoration of pluripotency in adult somatic cells using a chemical cocktail alone.
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21The Ethical Turn in Aesthetic Education: Early Chinese Thinkers on Music and ArtsJournal of Aesthetic Education 50 (1): 95-111. 2016.In memory of Anthony C. Yu who read and commented on an early version of this article.In the comparative philosophy of art, there is a widely accepted view that, while classical Western aesthetic theory emphasizes the unity of beauty and truth, classical Chinese aesthetic theory focuses on the unity of beauty and goodness. Indeed, one striking feature of Chinese aesthetics is its emphasis on moral education and didacticism. Although Western tradition also emphasizes the importance of moral educa…Read more
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14Sinology, Sinologism, and New SinologyContemporary Chinese Thought 49 (1): 1-6. 2018.Sinologism 汉学主义is a recent cultural theory that focuses on Sinology, China–West studies, and cross-cultural knowledge production. Since its proposition at the turn of the 21st century, it has aroused substantial interest and given rise to discussions and debates both in and outside China. The special issue has selected seven articles in full or excerpted form to offer an initial introduction to the topic.
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12Appendix: Reviews of Sinologism in International JournalsContemporary Chinese Thought 49 (1): 81-81. 2018.Sinologism 汉学主义is a recent cultural theory that focuses on Sinology, China–West studies, and cross-cultural knowledge production. Since its proposition at the turn of the 21st century, it has aroused substantial interest and given rise to discussions and debates both in and outside China. The special issue has selected seven articles in full or excerpted form to offer an initial introduction to the topic.
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13Practical Bipartite Tracking for Networked Robotic Systems via Fixed-Time Estimator-Based ControlComplexity 2021 1-15. 2021.In this paper, the fixed-time practical bipartite tracking problem for the networked robotic systems with parametric uncertainties, input disturbances, and directed signed graphs is investigated. A new fixed-time estimator-based control algorithm for the NRSs is presented to address the abovementioned problem. By applying a sliding surface and the time base generator approach, a new stability analysis method is proposed to achieve the fixed-time practical bipartite tracking for the NRSs. We also…Read more
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124The "Zhouyi" (Book of Changes) as an Open Classic: A Semiotic Analysis of Its System of RepresentationPhilosophy East and West 55 (2). 2005.The Zhouyi is the first of the Chinese classics and has, since medieval times, fascinated scholars from different parts of the world, who have produced numerous studies and expressed a dazzling array of views on its nature. It is argued that the Zhouyi has retained its exalted status and enduring appeal largely because it is an open book amenable to all kinds of appropriations and manipulations, and its openness comes from its being a semiotic system whose principle of composition warrants unlim…Read more
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20Elucidation of images in the book of changes: Ancient insights into modern language philosophy and hermeneuticsJournal of Chinese Philosophy 31 (4): 469-488. 2004.
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15The Zhouyi (Book of Changes) as an Open Classic: A Semiotic Analysis of Its System of RepresentationPhilosophy East and West 55 (2): 257-282. 2005.The Zhouyi is the first of the Chinese classics and has, since medieval times, fascinated scholars from different parts of the world, who have produced numerous studies and expressed a dazzling array of views on its nature. It is argued that the Zhouyi has retained its exalted status and enduring appeal largely because it is an open book amenable to all kinds of appropriations and manipulations, and its openness comes from its being a semiotic system whose principle of composition warrants unlim…Read more
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40The Universal "One": Toward a Common Conceptual Basis for Chinese and Western StudiesDiacritics 32 (2): 86-105. 2002.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:The Universal "One"Toward a Common Conceptual Basis for Chinese and Western StudiesMing Dong GuIn the world today, rapid globalization has drastically shrunk the geographical distance between the East and the West and greatly facilitated exchanges between different cultures and traditions. In the comparative studies of Eastern and Western literatures and cultures, however, an opposite trend characterized by the anxiety of cultural re…Read more
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52The theory of the dao and taiji: A chinese model of the mindJournal of Chinese Philosophy 36 (1): 157-175. 2009.No Abstract
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11The Taiji Diagram: A Meta-Sign in Chinese ThoughtJournal of Chinese Philosophy 30 (2): 195-218. 2003.
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61From yuanqi (primal energy) to Wenqi (literary pneuma): A philosophical study of a chinese aestheticPhilosophy East and West 59 (1). 2009.Wenqi 文氣 (literary pneuma) is a foundational idea in Chinese aesthetics. It has remained elusive since its initial formulation, however. This is so largely because previous scholars did not examine its ontological and epistemological conditions in analytic terms, still less explore its implications in a conceptual framework of artistic creation. Here, it is proposed to explore its general as well as specific implications against the larger background of Chinese intellectual thought and in relati…Read more
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8Why Traditional Chinese Philosophy Still Matters: The Relevance of Ancient Wisdom for the Global Age (edited book)Routledge. 2018.Traditional Chinese philosophy, if engaged at all, is often regarded as an object of antiquated curiosity and dismissed as unimportant in the current age of globalization. Written by a team of internationally renowned scholars, this book, however, challenges this judgement and offers an in-depth study of pre-modern Chinese philosophy from an interdisciplinary perspective. Exploring the relevance of traditional Chinese philosophy for the global age, it takes a comparative approach, analysing anci…Read more
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18The Theoretical Debate on “Sinologism”: A Rejoinder to Mr. Zhang XipingContemporary Chinese Thought 49 (1): 55-70. 2018.EDITORS’ AbstractThis article is a direct response to Zhang Xiping’s criticism of Sinologism in particular and to the overall critique of Sinologism in general. With a succinct account of what Sinologism is, it provides detailed answers to a series of questions brought up by the critics. In an effort to clarify the relationship between Sinologism on the one hand and Orientalism, postcolonialism, deconstruction, New Historicism, postmodernism, and ideological theory on the other, it attempts to r…Read more
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47The divine and artistic ideal: Ideas and insights for cross-cultural aesthetic educationJournal of Aesthetic Education 42 (3). 2008.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:The Divine and Artistic Ideal:Ideas and Insights for Cross-Cultural Aesthetic EducationMing Dong Gu (bio)IntroductionPeople in different cultural traditions would praise an excellent work of art as a masterpiece that has attained the status of the divine. This is a practice inherited from the ancient past. In high antiquity, when people did not have sufficient knowledge of artistic creation, they attributed creative inspirations and …Read more
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15Patterns of Tao : The Birth of Chinese Writing and AestheticsJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 74 (2): 151-163. 2016.In the Chinese tradition, the relationship between art and philosophy is conceptually explored in terms of the relationship between dao and wen, which may respectively be viewed as representing philosophy and art. Over history, discourses on dao 道 and wen 文 are central to studies of Chinese literature, art, culture, and civilization. But just as dao holds a range of ideas in Chinese philosophy, wen is also one of the most complex terms in Chinese tradition, whose denotations and connotations are…Read more
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69Momentary Return of the Cosmic Unconscious: The Nature of Zen/Chan EnlightenmentAsian Philosophy 25 (4): 402-417. 2015.Zen/Chan, which used to be a Far Eastern philosophy-cum-religion, has evolved into a global cultural phenomenon. Despite the many views expressed by numerous thinkers in the world, the consensus on Chan and Chan enlightenment remains an agnostic Oriental mysticism. By exploring Chan and enlightenment from a combined perspective of history, philosophy, psychology, religion and linguistics, this article proposes a hitherto unexpressed view. Chan enlightenment is a prenatal physico-psychological ex…Read more
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44Mysticism of Chan/Zen Enlightenment: A Rational Understanding through PracticesDao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 16 (2): 235-251. 2017.There exists a widely accepted opinion in Chan/Zen 禪 studies that Chan enlightenment is a mysterium ineffabile, impenetrable by human intellect. Reviewing the debate between Hu Shi 胡適 and D. T. Suzuki over Chan enlightenment and accounts of testimony by Chan masters and practitioners in history, this essay argues that Chan enlightenment can be understood rationally and intellectually. By analyzing the time-honored Chan practices that have led to enlightenment, it seeks to understand the mystery …Read more
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22Divination and Correlative Thinking: Origins of an Aesthetic in the Book of Changes and Book of SongsPhilosophy and Literature 46 (1): 120-136. 2022.Abstract:This article enquires into a transcultural aesthetic: bi-xing (inspired metaphor) in China and symbolic representation in the West, which share the common logic of correlative thinking. By examining its earliest provenance in the Zhouyi (Book of Changes) and Shijing(Book of Songs) in China's high antiquity in relation to divination, symbolization, and poetic creation in the West, it argues that this aesthetic arose from omen readings in divination, went through symbolism in linguistic r…Read more
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26Confucian Ethics and the Spirit of World Order: A Reconception of the Chinese Way of TolerancePhilosophy East and West 66 (3): 787-804. 2016.No new global order without a new global ethic!Since the ending of the Cold War, the world has not gone in the direction of peace, harmony, stability, and cohesion. If during the Cold War period the world was divided into two large camps, it has today fragmented into many regions in strife, conflict, and war. Instead of a centripetal force that works toward a global unity accompanying the process of globalization, we are witnessing a centrifugal force that tears different countries and regions a…Read more
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18Can East Meet West as Intellectual Equals? Insights from Some Western Thinkers' Encounter with Eastern ThoughtPhilosophy East and West 71 (2): 326-347. 2021.ARRAY
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333Aesthetic suggestiveness in chinese thought: A symphony of metaphysics and aestheticsPhilosophy East and West 53 (4): 490-513. 2003.: Suggestiveness is a major theoretical category in Chinese aesthetic thought. Within the broader context of Chinese tradition, it is a product of the interpenetration of and exchanges between philosophical and artistic discourses. Despite its prevalence in Chinese aesthetic thought, suggestiveness has never been examined as an aesthetic category in its own right, nor have its implications been explored in relation to contemporary theories. This essay reexamines suggestiveness and its seminal id…Read more