Fudan Chinese Philosophy Summer School 2025

Fudan Chinese Philosophy Summer School (August 08-17, 2025), “Early Chinese Philosophy in Comparative and Contemporary Perspectives”; all instructions in English. Here is the schedule:

  • Scheduled Courses & Modules （From AUG.8 – AUG.17 2025）
Date Courses & Modules Instructor(s)
AUG.8-AUG.9 1. Reading Chinese Ancient Classics in Comparative Perspective: Hermeneutic Principles

2. Numbers in Ancient Chinese Classics

 Benoît Vermander
AUG.8-AUG.9 1. Yiyong and the Chinese Metaphysical Tradition

2. The Classic of Filial Piety and the Philosophy of Family

 Xiangchen Sun
AUG.10-AUG.11 Confucius 1: Why You Should Not Turn the Other Cheek

Confucius 2: How Do You Love Virtue as You Love Sex

Confucius 3: Why a Filial Son Ought Not To Disclose His Father Stealing a Sheep

 Yong Huang
AUG.11-AUG.12 Emotion, Ethics, and Self-Cultivation in the Mengzi Franklin Perkins
AUG.12-AUG.14 1. Impartiality and Partiality in Early Chinese Philosophy

2. Metaethics in the Laozi

3. Personal Freedom in the Zhuangzi

 Tao Jiang
AUG.14-AUG.16 Han Fei Zi‘s Political Philosophy and Its Contemporary Relevance Tongdong Bai
AUG.15-AUG.16 Mohist Ethics, Religion and Political Order Ting-Mien Lee
AUG.17 1. The Image of the Sage in the Laozi

2. The Linguistic Strategies in Daoist Classics

 Qinghua Cai

 

See this link for details (but for the schedule, please see the above):

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/5FxU5ltQYonC4KV5lOgW8g

 

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To access the book for further reading, please visit this site.

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To access the book for further reading, please visit here.

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In a world increasingly interconnected and fractious, cross-cultural dialogue about metaphysics matters more than ever. Drawing on theories and traditions from China, Japan, the Indic world, pre-colonial Africa, pre-Spanish Meso-America, as well as Islamic and European thought, a team of leading philosophers and historians bring case studies, texts, themes and thinkers of very different worlds into conversation. On the basis of this exceptionally rich and diverse canvas, they reflect on questions of enduring human significance: What is suchness? What do we mean by being, becoming and beyond? What is personhood? How do we name and order our world? How should we live?

For more information, please visit here.