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This new edition offers expanded selections from the works of Kongzi (Confucius), Mengzi (Mencius), Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu), and Xunzi (Hsun Tzu); two new works, the dialogues 'Robber Zhi' and 'White Horse'; a concise general introduction; brief introductions to, and selective bibliographies for, each work; and four appendices that shed light on important figures, periods, texts, and terms in Chinese thought.

Philip J. Ivanhoe is Findlay Visiting Professor at Boston University. His publications include Confucian Moral Self Cultivation (Hackett, 2000); Virtue, Nature, and Moral Agency in the Xunzi (Hackett, 2000), co-edited with T. C. Kline III; Ethics in the Confucian Tradition (Hackett, 2002); Essays on the Moral Philosophy of Mengzi (Hackett, 2002), co-edited with Xiusheng Liu; and The Daodejing of Laozi (Hackett, 2003).Bryan W. Van Norden is Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department and the Department of Chinese and Japanese at Vassar College. In addition to his book, Confucius and the Analects: New Essays (Oxford University Press, 2001), he has written, edited, and contributed to numerous works on Chinese thought.

Preface

vii

Comparative Romanization Table

ix

Map of China during the Spring and Autumn Period

x

Introduction

xi

Selective Bibliography

xviii

CHAPTER ONE Kongzi (Confucius) "The Analects"

1

(58)

Introduction and Translation by Edward Gilman Slingerland

CHAPTER TWO Mozi

59

(56)

Introduction and Translation by Philip J. Ivanhoe

CHAPTER THREE Mengzi (Mencius)

115

(46)

Introduction and Translation by Bryan W. Van Norden

CHAPTER FOUR Laozi ("The Daodejini")

161

(46)

Introduction and Translation by Philip J. Ivanhoe

CHAPTER FIVE Zhuangzi

207

(48)

Introduction and Translation by Paul Kjellberg

CHAPTER SIX Xunzi

255

(56)

Introduction and Translation by Eric L. Hutton

CHAPTER SEVEN Han Feizi

311

(52)

Introduction and Translation by Joel Sahleen

SUPPLEMENTAL TEXTS

Gongsun Longzi "On the White Horse"

363

(6)

Introduction and Translation by Bryan W. Van Norden

Yangism "Robber Zhi"

369

(10)

Introduction and Translation by Paul Kjellberg

APPENDICES

Important Figures

379

(6)

Important Periods

385

(2)

Important Texts

387

(2)

Important Terms

389

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Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy

Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy

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