An overview of Daoist texts on passive meditation from the Latter Han through Tang periods.

Challenges standard views of the origins of the Daodejing, revealing the work’s roots in a tradition of physical cultivation.

Using the thought of Christian thinker Thomas Aquinas and Neo-Confucian Zhu Xi, explores how to exercise and limit authority.

A reconsideration of Zhu Xi, known as the “great synthesizer” of Confucianism, which establishes him as an important thinker in his own right.

Discusses the journey of Buddhist ideas on awareness and personhood from India to China.

Considers the notable similarities between the thought of Confucius and Wittgenstein.

A reconsideration of the Confucian concept li (ritual or ritual propriety), one that references Western philosophers as well as the Chinese context.

Explores the challenges of translating Chinese works for Western readers, particularly premodern texts.

Reintroduces the concept of “world literature” in a truly global context, transcending past Eurocentrism.

The career of communist revolutionary Wei Baqun, one of China’s “three great peasant leaders” and man of the southern frontier.

An interdisciplinary exploration of the contemporary Confucian revival.

Explores the resources for contemporary ethics found in the work of the Cheng brothers, canonical neo-Confucian philophers.

A consideration of Confucian ethics that employs the work and concerns of the eminent comparative ethicist Joel J. Kupperman.

David N. Keightley’s seminal essays on the origins of Chinese society are brought together in one volume.

Discusses how Zhou Dunyi's thought became a cornerstone of neo-Confucianism.

Challenges traditional views of the Qin dynasty as an oppressive regime by revealing cooperative aspects of its governance.

Contests long-standing claims that Confucianism came to prominence under China's Emperor Wu.

Challenges traditional views to consider Xunzi as a religious thinker.

A wide ranging consideration of the work of contemporary ethicist David Wong.

Continues the author’s inquiry into the development of the Chinese philosophical concept Li, concluding in Song and Ming dynasty Neo-Confucianism.

Translation of the first grand synthesis of classic Chinese thought.

Explores the religious, political, and cultural significance attributed to music in early China.

Explores the development of Chinese thought, highlighting its concern with questions of coherence.

An innovative approach to historical records assesses how evidence claims and policy arguments were put forth in the royal courts of early China.

The first book-length study in English of the Chinese classic, the Li sao (Encountering Sorrow). Includes translations of the Li sao and the Nine Songs.