Chinese philosophy is extensive and profound. The advocacy of benevolence by Confucianism, which reflects a broad-minded, virtue-based attitude toward the world, is the most valuable quality of the Chinese nation-- – a sublime spirit that is now in the blood of the whole na
This book introduces Chinese philosophy alongthe line of topics instead of the line of history. The book has five topics, including: what is the nature of the world; what are the relationships among things; what are social norms; what is the orientation of life; what is the cognitive structure. The first two parts are about views on nature or the world; the third and fourth parts are about views on society and life; the fifth part is about views on cognition and wisdom. This book is intended to give readers the most basic understanding of profound Chinese philosophical thoughts as well as the most excellent and greatest wise ancient Chinese people and wisdom.
Wu Chun, alias Wu Jingdong, is a native of Quzhou, Zhejiang born in Shanghai in 1955. Now he is a professor at the Institute of Philosophy and Cross-culture,Shanghai Normal University, mainly studying the issue of the occurrence and paradigm ofChinese thought and philosophy and also engaging in the study of Chinese ancient science, ethics, religion and art. He has published more than 100 academic papers and more than ten works. His works on Chinese cultural studieshave become a series, including Chinese Thinking Pattern – A Survey of the Occurrence and Formation Period Shanghai People’s Publishing House, 1998, Paradigm of Ancient Chinese Science – Surveyed from the Perspective of Culture, Thought and Philosophy Zhonghua Book Company, 2002, Ethical Life in the Chinese Society – A Study Focusing on the Issue of the Possibility of Confucian Ethics Zhonghua Book Company, 2007,Religious Traditions in the Chinese Society – Opposition and Coexistence of Sorcery and Ethics Shanghai SDX Joint Publishing Company, 2009 and The Origin of Chinese Philosophy –The History of the Occurrence, Development and Formation of Ideas, Concepts and Thoughts before the Period of the Hundred Schools of Thought Shanghai People’s Publishing House, 2010.