Xiong Shili's understanding of reality and function, 1920-1937 / by Sang Yu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sang, Yu, author.

Contributor:

E.J. Brill (Firm).

Series:

Modern Chinese philosophy ; 1875-9386 v. 21.

Modern Chinese philosophy, 1875-9386 ; volume 21

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Xiong, Shili, 1885-1968.

Xiong, Shili.

Philosophy, Chinese.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 260 pages).

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Objectives of the Study

2 Methodology of the Study

3 Significance of the Study

4 Chapter Outlines

5 Xiong's Biographical Information and Its Historical Context

5.1 The Period between 1885 and 1920

5.2 The Period between 1920 and 1937

Chapter 1 The Philosophical Background to the Development of Xiong's Ti-yong Metaphysics

1 The Formation and Development of the Ti-yong Conceptual Polarity in Chinese Philosophical History

1.1 Buddhist Discussions on Reality and Function

1.2 Reality and Function in Neo-Confucianism

2 Xiong's Reflections on the Ontological and the Phenomenal before 1920

3 A Dispute Concerning Reality and Function in the Early Twentieth Century

4 Concluding Remarks

Chapter 2 Xiong's Two-level Ti-yong System between 1920 and 1923

1 Level 1: Suchness as Reality and Consciousness as Function

1.1 Consciousness as the Representation of the Phenomenal World

1.2 The Characteristics of Consciousness

1.3 Xiong's Negation of the Existence of Consciousness

1.4 Suchness

1.5 The Relationship between Suchness and Consciousness

2 Level 2: Productive Power as Reality and Manifest Activity as Function

2.1 Productive Power

2.2 Manifest Activity

2.3 The Relationship between Productive Power and Manifest Activity

3 The Influence of Ouyang Jingwu's Ti-yong Perspective

Chapter 3 The Modification of Xiong's Conception of Reality and Function between 1923 and 1927

1 The 1926 Weishixue Gailun

2 Weishi Lun

3 The Structure and Main Arguments of This Chapter

4 Xiong's Understanding of Ti-yong in the 1926 Weishixue Gailun

4.1 Xiong's Critique of the Yogācāra Theories on Consciousness and Productive Power

4.2 Xiong's Reconstruction of the Yogācāra Concept of Transformation

4.3 Ontological Reality, Its Function, and Their Relationship

5 Xiong's Understanding of Ti-yong in His Weishi Lun

5.1 Ontological Reality

5.2 The Relationship between Ontological Reality and Function

6 Concluding Remarks

7 Appendix: a Clarification of the Period Xiong Composed the Weishi Lun

Chapter 4 The Development of Xiong's Conception of Reality and Function between 1927 and 1937

1 Whether or Not Sentient Beings Share the Same Reality

2 The Development of Xiong's Understanding of Reality

2.1 Xiong's Identification of the Mind with Reality

2.2 Simultaneous Transformation and Constancy as a Characteristic of Reality

3 The Relationship between Reality and Function

3.1 It is Precisely Function That is Reality

3.2 Revealing Reality through Function

3.3 Undifferentiated Reality Permeates the Entire Phenomenal World

Conclusion

1 A Review of Xiong's Changing Understanding of Reality and Function between 1920 and 1937

Notes:

Text in Chinese and English.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.

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9004431586

9789004431584

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99984825533

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