Xiong Shili’s Explaining Mind : An Annotated Translation / edited by John Makeham.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Makeham, John, editor.

Series:

Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026.

Modern Chinese Philosophy ; 27.

Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026

Modern Chinese Philosophy ; 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Asian.

Asian Studies.

Philosophy of mind.

Philosophy.

China.

East Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

An Annotated Translation

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explaining Mind is a representative text of Xiong Shili’s mature onto-cosmology, moral psychology, and epistemology, in which he develops an extended account of mind, as both a moral concept and a metaphysical concept, while critically engaging key aspects of Buddhist, Daoist and Confucian thought. The book covers a diverse range of topics and themes, including the non-duality of Reality and function, philosophical psychology, the inherent mind and the habituated mind, the mind of humaneness, the inseparability of mind and matter, learning concerned with increasing knowledge daily (modern science) and learning concerned with removing ignorance daily (ancient philosophy), cultivation practices of Confucians and Buddhists, wisdom and knowledge, and the origin of badness and wrongdoing.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Abbreviation

Translator’s Introduction

Edition and Translation of Explaining Mind 明心篇

Preface

Part A, General Principles

1 Mind and Matter

1 Cause and Effect

2 Matter, Generative Vitality, and Mind

3 General Summary of the Principles of Reality and Function

4 Two Kinds of Learning

5 The Mind of Humaneness and Learning Concerned with Cultivating the Way

6 The Practices of Buddhism and Confucianism Compared

7 Specific Criticisms of Mahāyāna Buddhism

8 Critique of the Buddhists’ Understanding of Main Kinds of Cravings

9 Concluding Criticisms of Buddhism

10 Concluding Criticisms of Daoism

2 Returning to Oneself

1 Zhuangzi and Hui Shi

2 Mind and Body

3 The Mind of Humaneness

4 Learning Concerned with the Pursuit of Things and Learning Concerned with Returning to Oneself

5 The Four Principles of Wisdom

6 Why Is There Wrongdoing?

7 Summary Evaluation the Teachings of the Daoists, the Buddhists, and the Confucian Way

8 Summary Account of How Knowledge Is Formed

9 Summary Reiteration of the Superior Merits of the Confucian Way of Returning to Oneself

Concluding Remarks

Part B, Synopsis (To be continued)

Appendix

Glossary of Key Terms

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Makeham, John Xiong Shili's Explaining Mind

ISBN:

9789004747555

OCLC:

1547901922

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004747555 DOI