Selected Works of Philosophy from Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism

Author: Hong Xiuping, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, as the three major components of traditional Chinese intellectual culture, each have their unique theoretical contributions in the history of Chinese philosophy. To comprehensively understand Chinese philosophy, one cannot afford to neglect Buddhist and Taoist philosophies. This book selects the most representative works from the philosophical traditions of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, allowing readers to have the main philosophical classics of these three schools in one volume. This helps to address the shortcomings of existing selections of original Chinese philosophical texts, which often include very little Buddhist or Taoist material, with some even failing to include any Taoist texts. The book does not focus on excerpts of arguments but aims to provide a comprehensive selection to better present the full scope of the original texts. It also pays attention to incorporating the latest research findings and meeting the needs of contemporary scholarship. For example, it includes the main Confucian classics "The Four Books," three versions of the "Tao Te Ching," and two versions of the "Platform Sutra." Additionally, it features the Dunhuang manuscript "The Treatise on the Realm of the Ultimate Nature" to reflect the characteristics of Taoist nature theory and "The Argument against Superstition" to illustrate the relationship among Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism.