This essay argues against the standard reading of Mencius that the emotions are perfectible
or that they require perfecting in order to render a person virtuous. Rejecting this …

In what is probably the most famous description of a sage in all of Chinese philosophy, the
Analects tells us that when Confucius reached the age of seventy, he was able to “follow his …

It is well known that Mencius' philosophy is built on his theory of human nature that man is
originally good. His whole philosophy can indeed be summarized in one sentence:“Man …

This article uses an interpretation of “Guan ju” 關雎 (Osprey) in the Kongzi shilun 孔子詩論
(Confucius' discussion of poetry) manuscript to reconsider a group of analogies in Mengzi …

This paper argues that Mencius is a eudaimonist, and that his eudaimonism plays an
architectonic role in his thought. Mencius maintains that the most satisfying life for a human …

This essay is an exploration of what Mencius (fourth century BCE) and Xunzi (fourth and
third centuries BCE) in the classical Confucian tradition have to say about cultivating …

In my dissertation, I investigate the development of the ethical theory of emotions in two
ancient Chinese Confucian texts, Lúnyŭ (the Analects of Confucius) and Mèngziˇ (Mencius) …

The term ti, often translated as “body,” is used to refer to the body of a person. It is used
sometimes to refer to the four limbs and occasionally to refer to other parts of the body; for …

This essay explores the place of qing in conceptions of the nature and being of the sage,
focusing on the Tang Daoist master Wu Yun. What it seeks to show is that assumptions …

As is well known in many areas of comparative philosophy, a philosophical tradition is not
easily translated or interpreted in a straightforward manner into another school of thought in …