We are seeking to expand the Stanford Encyclopedia list of entries in Chinese philosophy, and are seeking suggestions. We are aware there are many gaps in the coverage and we have some topics in mind already. However, we thought we should also ask for suggestions from members of this group, on entries that would be helpful. Please keep your suggestions brief and please bear in mind the nature of the SEP and its readership (https://plato.stanford.edu/about.html). We welcome suggestions on topics as well as authors. The current list is appended below for your reference.
Best wishes,
Karyn Lai (University of New South Wales, Sydney)
Tan Sor-Hoon (Singapore Management University)
- Chan Buddhism (Peter Hershock)
- Chinese medicine (Lisa Raphals)
- Confucius (Jeffrey Riegel)
- Daoism (Alan Chan)
- epistemology (Jana Rošker)
- ethics (David Wong)
- Laozi (Alan Chan)
- legalism in (Yuri Pines)
- logic and language in Early Chinese Philosophy (Marshall Willman)
- Mencius (Bryan van Norden)
- metaphysics (Franklin Perkins)
- Mohism (Chris Fraser)
- Mohist Canons (Chris Fraser)
- Neo-Daoism (Alan Chan)
- philosophy of change (Tze-Ki Hon)
- Qing philosophy (On-cho Ng)
- science (Lisa Raphals)
- social and political thought (Stephen C. Angle)
- Tiantai Buddhism (Brook Ziporyn)
- translating and interpreting (Henry Rosemont Jr.)
- Wang Yangming (Bryan van Norden)
- Zhuangzi (Chad Hansen)
- Zhu Xi (Kirill Thompson)
Chinese aesthetics
The emotions in Chinese philosophy
Religious experience in Chinese philosophy
Li Zhi
Wang Fuzhi
Tan Sitong
Wang Guowei
Xiong Shili
Ruism and Confucianism
Quiet-sitting and Contemplative Practices in Neo-Confucianism
Confucian Democracy
Confucian Feminism
Three Teachings in Chinese Philosophy
Four Books and Five Classics in Confucianism
Boston Confucianism
Mou Zongsan
Liang Shuming
Tang Junyi
Military Thought
Cheng brothers
Wang Bi
Zhang Zai
Dai Zhen
Lu Xiangshan
Wang Fuzhi (already suggested by Theo)
(There is already a Xunzi, by Paul Goldin, but it’s not on the list above.)
Thank you all. v helpful. Suggestions for authors to write particular entries are also welcome!
@Harvey – you’re right about the Xunzi entry by Paul Goldin. Should have been on the list.
I find the “Caigentan” to be a marvelous resource, especially for anyone interested in running an Asian thought class in the currently popular “Philosophy as a Way of Life”- manner— it reminds me of reading Marcus Aurelius at times. So, it might be nice to have an entry on it or on its author, Hong Zicheng.
Guo Xiang
Cheng Xuanying
Hanshan Deqing
Juelang Daosheng
Wang Fuzhi
Fang Yizhi
Wang Chong
My students and I use the SEP a lot, and I think it is such an extremely valuable platform for public education on philosophy. I hope there is a similar platform for the discipline of religious studies, but it turns out no. I would like to recommend a few people (if not too brash, including myself) for the mentioned entries:
JeeLoo Liu, for the entry of Wang Fuzhi.
Alexus McLeod, for the entry of Wang Chong.
Gino LaPaglia (National Intelligence University), for the entry of Military Thought.
Stephen C. Walker (Chicago U), for the entry of Guo Xiang.
Tony Swain, for the entry of Ruism and Confucianism.
Bin Song, for the entry of Quiet-sitting and Contemplative Practices in Neo-Confucianism.
Thanks!
Dawid Rogacz (Poland), will be very good for an entry on Zhang Xuecheng, as well.
Zhou Dunyi
Gongfulun and Practical Wisdom
Analects’ commentarial tradition
Dao De Jing’s commentarial tradition
etc.
Jizang
Fazang
Han Feizi seems to be an obvious omission, to me. I also endorse all of Harvey’s suggestions, along with Bin’s suggestions of Mou Zongsan and Tang Junyi.
I’m guessing the idea was that Yuri Pines’s entry on legalism covered Han Feizi.
I agree – Hanfeizi is an obvious omission. The legalism entry is good, but I don’t see why it would preclude a more detailed entry on Hanfeizi.
Oh–and Wang Chong for sure.
Thanks, everyone.
Karyn
Maybe:
Self-cultivation in the Chinese tradition
New Confucianism (including mou Zongsun)
Thanks, Brad.
Zhan Ruoshui
Luo Qinshun
Philology / Kaozheng / Evidentiary Learning