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30Characteristics of Confucian Rituals —A Critique of Fan Ruiping’s InterpretationDao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 13 (3): 407-411. 2014.In this paper I argue that Fan Ruiping’s explication of the Confucian notion of li 禮 is problematic in several ways. First, his division of human activities into “social” and “natural” is less than illuminating, as human “natural” activities are already inescapably social. Second, I question the appropriateness for him to characterize li in terms of “closed activities,” as some rituals are evidently open-ended. Third, he seems to have overemphasized the constitutive function of li and understate…Read more
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5Dao yu xi fang de xiang yu: Zhong xi bi jiao zhe xue zhong yao wen ti yan jiu = The Tao encounters the West: explorations in comparative philosophyZhongguo ren min da xue chu ban she. 2005.
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37Comparative Philosophy and Cultural PatternsDao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 15 (4): 533-546. 2016.As a genus of philosophy, comparative philosophy serves various important purposes. It helps people understand various philosophies and it helps philosophers develop new ideas and solve problems. In this essay, I first clarify the meaning of “comparative philosophy” and its main purposes, arguing that an important purpose of comparative philosophy is to help us understand cultural patterns. This function makes comparative philosophy even more significant in today’s globalized world.
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31Doing Chinese Political Philosophy Without “Mat Vendor’s Fallacy”Journal of Chinese Philosophy 34 (2): 155-159. 2007.
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82An Introduction to Chinese Philosophy: From Ancient Philosophy to Chinese Buddhism. By Jee Loo LiuJournal of Chinese Philosophy 34 (3). 2007.
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26The East Asian Challenge for Democracy: Political Meritocracy in Comparative Perspective (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2013.The rise of China, along with problems of governance in democratic countries, has reinvigorated the theory of political meritocracy. But what is the theory of political meritocracy and how can it set standards for evaluating political progress? To help answer these questions, this volume gathers a series of commissioned research papers from an interdisciplinary group of leading philosophers, historians and social scientists. The result is the first book in decades to examine the rise of politica…Read more
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34Bell, Daniel A., beyond liberal democracy: Political thinking for an east asian contextDao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 7 (1): 99-102. 2008.
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209Li as Cultural Grammar: On the Relation between Li and Ren in Confucius' AnalectsPhilosophy East and West 57 (3). 2007.A major controversy in the study of the "Analects" has been over the relation between two central concepts, ren (humanity, human excellence) and li (rites, rituals of propriety). Confucius seems to have said inconsistent things about this relation. Some passages appear to suggest that ren is more fundamental than li, while others seem to imply the contrary. It is therefore not surprising that there have been different interpretations and characterizations of this relation. Using the analogy of l…Read more
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43Confucian Ethics and Care Ethics: The Political Dimension of a Scholarly DebateHypatia 30 (4): 897-903. 2015.
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114Zhongyong as grand harmony: An alternative reading to Ames and Hall’s Focusing the familiarDao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 3 (2): 173-188. 2004.
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111Confucianism and feminist concerns: Overcoming the confucian "gender complex"Journal of Chinese Philosophy 27 (2). 2000.
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Areas of Specialization
Chinese Philosophy |
Classical Chinese Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
Philosophical Traditions |
Chinese Philosophy |
Classical Chinese Philosophy |
Value Theory |