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19Education as a Human Right: A Confucian PerspectivePhilosophy East and West 67 (1): 37-46. 2017.Joseph Chan’s Confucian Perfectionism: A Political Philosophy for Modern Times is a milestone in the contemporary study of Confucian political philosophy. In this remarkable work, Chan presents his version of Confucian perfectionism, aiming to balance liberalism and Confucianism as a solution to reconstructing a political philosophy in response to contemporary challenges. I am sympathetic to much of what Chan has to say in the book. I agree that, rather than merely being an ethical theory, Confu…Read more
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15In Defense of a Conception of Confucian HarmonyPhilosophy East and West 67 (1): 256-266. 2017.It is a great honor to have colleagues engaging in a meaningful discussion of my book. I appreciate my critics’ thoughtful and constructive criticisms as well as exceedingly generous praises. Due to space limitations, I will confine my response to some key issues raised here. I will begin with Yao Xinzhong’s criticism of my claim and argument on the centrality of harmony in Confucian philosophy. Yao reads my view as being that harmony is the central concept or ideal in Confucian philosophy, whic…Read more
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15Harmony in Chinese Thought: A Philosophical Introduction (edited book)Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2021.
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14Governance for Harmony in Asia and Beyond (edited book)Routledge. 2009.Harmony has become a major challenge for modern governance in the twenty-first century because of the multi-religious, multi-racial and multi-ethnic character of our increasingly globalized societies. Governments all over the world are facing growing pressure to integrate the many diverse elements and subcultures which make up modern pluralistic societies. This book examines the idea of harmony, and its place in politics and governance, both in theory and practice, in Asia, the West and elsewher…Read more
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10Bring Back Harmony in Philosophical Discourse: a Confucian PerspectiveJournal of Dharma Studies 2 (2): 163-173. 2020.As both Chinese philosophy and Indian philosophy have been largely marginalized on the world stage of philosophy in contemporary times, there is a pressing need to bring these voices into the discourse of world philosophy. This essay explores the value of taking into account the Confucian idea of harmony for postcolonial solitary and for a more equitable polycentric global academy. I explicate the concept and the value of harmony as exemplified in Confucian philosophy. I examine reasons of the d…Read more
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9The Evolution and Identity of ConfucianismIn Leigh K. Jenco (ed.), Chinese Thought as Global Theory, State University of New York Press. pp. 163-180. 2016.
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7The Artificial Intelligence Challenge and the End of HumanityIn Bing Song (ed.), Intelligence and Wisdom: Artificial Intelligence Meets Chinese Philosophers, Springer Singapore. pp. 33-47. 2021.The title of this essay has a twofold meaning, as does the word “end.” The word “end” means the last part of an extended thing or a period of time. A cessation. “End” also means the purpose and goal of an effort or a course of action. Bearing in mind this double meaning, I will spend this essay arguing that firstly, the emergence and the rapid advancement of AI technology means the end of humanity in an important sense.
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7Harmony and Ren: A Response to Leung Yat-hung’s Critique of The Confucian Philosophy of HarmonyIn Robert A. Carleo & Yong Huang (eds.), Confucian Political Philosophy: Dialogues on the State of the Field, Springer Verlag. pp. 53-68. 2021.Chenyang Li responds to Yat-hung Leung by pointing out Leung draws on three distinct notions of benevolence, or ren, none of which on its own is a serious contender against harmony as the concept of central importance to Confucian philosophy. Ren cannot be all three of these at once, and no particular conception of ren in fact has all these qualities. Li further clarifies that it is not his aim to establish that harmony is of exclusively highest importance among Confucian concepts and values, bu…Read more
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7The Tao Encounters the West: Explorations in Comparative PhilosophySUNY Press. 1999.Examines liberal democracy and Confucianism as two value systems and argues for a future where both coexist as independent value systems in China.
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5Inter-culturality and Philosophic Discourse (edited book)Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2013.Responding to a deep and universal need of philosophizing in the context of intensive intercultural interaction among all philosophical traditions in the process of globalization, this timely book offers a unique collection of excellent papers on inter-translatability, art, and ethics; subjects which are most crucial for intercultural conversations today. Instead of opting for a "comparative philosophy" that suggests the superiority of philosophy in comparison with other forms of thought, this b…Read more
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5Moral Cultivation and Confucian Character: Engaging Joel J. Kupperman (edited book)State University of New York Press. 2014.In this volume, leading scholars in Asian and comparative philosophy take the work of Joel J. Kupperman as a point of departure to consider new perspectives on Confucian ethics. Kupperman is one of the few eminent Western philosophers to have integrated Asian philosophical traditions into his thought, developing a character-based ethics synthesizing Western, Chinese, and Indian philosophies. With their focus on Confucian ethics, contributors respond, expand, and engage in critical dialogue with …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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4Remembering Jiyuan YuPhilosophy East and West 67 (4): 955-956. 2017.Jiyuan Yu 余纪元, professor of philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and Executive Director of the International Society for Chinese Philosophy since 2012, passed away on November 3, 2016, after a two-year battle with cancer. His passing is a major loss to many, especially to the international community of Chinese and comparative philosophy.Born in China, Jiyuan was among the first batches of students entering universities after the Cultural Revo…Read more
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3Oxford Handbook of World PhilosophyOxford University Press. 2011.This book provides a set of introductions to each of the world's major non-European philosophical traditions. It offers the non-specialist a way into unfamiliar philosophical texts and methods and the opportunity to explore non-European philosophical terrain and to connect their work in one tradition to philosophical ideas or texts from another. Sections on Chinese philosophy, Indian philosophy, Buddhist philosophy, East Asian philosophy, African philosophy, and recent trends in global philosoph…Read more
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3Reshaping Confucianism: A Progressive InquiryOxford University Press. 2023.This book is a study of twelve major Confucian philosophical concepts and related issues. These are dynamic harmony (he和), care-centered virtue(ren仁), ritual propriety(li禮), filial care (xiao孝), differentiated gender equilibrium (bie别), friendship (you友), longevity (shou壽), sagehood (sheng聖), equality (qi齊), freedom (ziyou自由), politics (zheng政), and education (jiao教). Each chapter presents something new: a novel interpretation from a fresh angle, an insight that has been neglected in scholarship…Read more
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3Toward a Contextual Approach to the Question of BeingDissertation, The University of Connecticut. 1992.The traditional ontology is a substance-ontology. It is the ontology that an object is primarily a substance, which has a definite being and properties. A lot of philosophical problems are tied to this ontology. I deconstruct the ontology of substance and propose a being-ontology. It is a way to see the world, instead of as a totality of substances, as a totality of ways of being. It has two theses. First, an object is not viewed as a substance which has properties, but as an entity that has var…Read more
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2Comprehensive Harmony: Thome Fang’s PhilosophyGlobal Scholars Publications. 2018.A stuyd of the philosophy of the Chinese philosopher Thome Fang 方东美。
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2Fang Dongmei: Philosophy of Life, Creativity and InclusivenessIn Chung Ying Cheng & Nicolas Bunnin (eds.), Contemporary Chinese Philosophy, Blackwell. pp. 263-280. 2002.This chapter contains section titled: Fang's General Philosophy Fang's Interpretation of Chinese Classic Philosophy Fang's Critique of Song‐Ming Neo‐Confucianism Excerpts from Fang's Publications.
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2Bi jiao de shi dai: Zhong xi shi ye zhong de ru jia zhe xue qian yan wen ti = Confucian philosophy in a comparative ageZhongguo she hui ke xue chu ban she. 2019.
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A Critique of Heaven in Jiang Qing’s SystemIn A Confucian Constitutional Order: How China’s Ancient Past can Shape its Political Future. pp. 129-138. 2013.
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Why Governance for Harmony?In Julia Tao, Anthony B. L. Cheung, Martin Painter & Chenyang Li (eds.), Governance for Harmony in Asia and Beyond, Routledge. pp. 3-11. 2009.
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Being as Process of Harmonization: A Chinese View of Dynamic BeingIn Vesselin Petrov & Adam Christian Scarfe (eds.), Dynamic Being: Essays in Process-Relational Ontology, Cambridge Scholars Press. pp. 162-168. 2015.
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