The Chinese Continuum Of Self Cultivation

Author : Christine A. Hale
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443888691

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The Chinese Continuum of Self-Cultivation by Christine A. Hale Pdf

The Chinese Continuum of Self-Cultivation explores a transcultural philosophy of education based on the Neo-Confucian concept of the universal nature of self in the co-creative process of self-cultivation (xiushen 修身). This ancient approach to knowledge synthesis and consolidation informs and enhances the educational theories of John Dewey (1859–1952), creating a cross-cultural educational template for the 21st century. The Confucian-Deweyan educational model explored is not only a transcultural educational approach in the changing face of globality, but also a means to encourage and foster humanitarian and communitarian values in the learner. That is, a wholistic approach to education whereby the individual considers the other – human and natural – tantamount to the self in an increasingly shifting world. This concept is in direct opposition to the anthropocentric approach of egoistic individualism currently prevalent in post-modern societies. The educational model developed fosters cooperation, rather than competition; community over individualism, enabling non-European indigenous values and problem-solving to co-exist in balance with Western neo-liberal forces in the global arena. The model of education developed herein enables the phenomenon of glocalization (the overlap of global and local issues) to be pragmatically addressed in cross-cultural contexts, promoting economic, environmental, cultural and human sustainability for the future. This work will appeal to comparative philosophers, educationalists, and designers of pre-tertiary curricula.

Author : Philip J. Ivanhoe
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2000-03-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781624663956

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Confucian Moral Self Cultivation by Philip J. Ivanhoe Pdf

A concise and accessible introduction to the evolution of the concept of moral self-cultivation in the Chinese Confucian tradition, this volume begins with an explanation of the pre-philosophical development of ideas central to this concept, followed by an examination of the specific treatment of self cultivation in the philosophy of Kongzi ("Confucius"), Mengzi ("Mencius"), Xunzi, Zhu Xi, Wang Yangming, Yan Yuan and Dai Zhen. In addition to providing a survey of the views of some of the most influential Confucian thinkers on an issue of fundamental importance to the tradition, Ivanhoe also relates their concern with moral self-cultivation to a number of topics in the Western ethical tradition. Bibliography and index are included.

Author : John E. Young, PhD
Publisher : Archway Publishing
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781480830493

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Learning of the Way (Daoxue): by John E. Young, PhD Pdf

Over two thousand years ago, the Chinese sage Confucius proposed that learning, and putting persistent learning into practice, is a great joy or pleasure. In Learning of the Way (Daoxue), Dr. John E. Young presents, from a Confucian perspective, the rationale for engaging in traditional Chinese arts and practices. Dr. Young relies on his experience as a Chinese martial arts expert and professor emeritus to share the results of his comprehensive examination of the concept of Confucian learning that explores self-cultivation, introduces the era of Neo-Confucianism, investigates the practices of jing and gewu, examines the Zhu Xi approach, applies Confucian and Neo-Confucian concepts specifically to the art and practice of wushu, and scrutinizes the traditional aspects of wushu as understood and practiced by Chinese grandmasters. Included is a description of the state of enlightenment that suggests this level of consciousness--guantong--is identical to integral consciousness and is urgently needed in todays increasingly complex, interconnected environments. Learning of the Way (Daoxue) is a comprehensive guidebook that examines and teaches Westerners about traditional Chinese arts and practices.

Author : Barry C. Keenan
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780824860233

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Neo-Confucian Self-Cultivation by Barry C. Keenan Pdf

Approximately fifteen hundred years after Confucius, his ideas reasserted themselves in the formulation of a sophisticated program of personal self-cultivation. Neo-Confucians argued that humans are endowed with empathy and goodness at birth, an assumption now confirmed by evolutionary biologists. By following the Great Learning—eight steps in the process of personal development—Neo-Confucians showed how this innate endowment could provide the foundation for living morally. Neo-Confucian students did not follow a single manual elaborating each step of the Great Learning; instead they were exposed to age-appropriate texts, commentaries, and anthologies of Neo-Confucian thinkers, which gradually made clear the sequential process of personal development and its connection to social order. Neo-Confucian Self-Cultivation opens up in accessible prose the content of the eight-step process for today’s reader as it examines the source of mainstream Neo-Confucian self-cultivation and its major crosscurrents from 1000 to 1900.

Author : Paul Fischer
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438488356

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Self-Cultivation in Early China by Paul Fischer Pdf

Self-Cultivation in Early China is an introduction to multiple aspects of the foundational practice of self-cultivation in early China (c.1000 to 100 BCE). Drawing on the Chinese classics and the dozens of scholars' texts (both received and excavated) that together form the basis of intellectual history for China and all of East Asia, the book's analysis relies on the topics and categories that were central to the thought of these authors, including such well-known thinkers as Confucius and Laozi. This book describes a salient point of view from which we may consider the broader landscape of Chinese intellectual history and presents an important paradigm of the scholarly Chinese worldview that is ideal for comparison with paradigms in other communities, ancient or modern, across the globe.

Author : Mimi Kuo-Deemer
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-17
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780486841724

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Xiu Yang by Mimi Kuo-Deemer Pdf

A simple yet powerful principle, xiu yang fosters balance and peace. This expert guide to its ancient teachings features a combination of practices from meditation and mindfulness to yoga and qigong.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Shanghai Press
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1602201331

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The Art of Self Cultivation by Anonim Pdf

The Art of Self Cultivation, contains hundreds of individual quotations drawn from over 2,000 years of Chinese history. The Art of Self Cultivation comprises quotations that are concerned with what in Chinese is termed xiushen-which translates roughly as "self cultivation". One Chinese encyclopedia defines it as "the nurture of body and mind in order to strengthen and raise the level of one's sense of morality". This book addresses individual behavior and conduct from the essentials of character such as morality, through activities like the acquisition of knowledge and the techniques of learning to the norms of correct social behavior. Sources range from early philosophers such as Confucius and the Daoist philosopher Li Er, to early historians like Ban Gu and Sima Qian, through the poets and officials of the brilliant Tang and Song dynasties and on to the writers that flourished in the 17th to 19th centuries.

Author : George Herbert Palmer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1901
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:672640571

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Self-cultivation in English by George Herbert Palmer Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Meditation
ISBN : OCLC:59103931

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The Secrets of Chinese Meditation by Anonim Pdf

Author : Yung-Jong Shiah,Kwang-Kuo Hwang,Kin-Tung Yit
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-29
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : 9782889453344

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Eastern Philosophies and Psychology: Towards Psychology of Self-Cultivation by Yung-Jong Shiah,Kwang-Kuo Hwang,Kin-Tung Yit Pdf

The publication of this book, East Asian Philosophies and Psychology: Towards Psychology of Self-cultivation, signifies an important breakthrough for the indigenization movements of psychology which have happened in many non-Western countries since 1980s. Viewing from the perspective of scientific revolution (Kuhn, 1969), when Western paradigms of psychology are transplanted to non-Western countries and encounter anomalies which cannot be explained by the imported theories, the foreign theories are in a state of crisis waiting for scientific revolution.

Author : Chris Fraser,Dan Robins,Timothy O'Leary
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789888028931

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Ethics in Early China by Chris Fraser,Dan Robins,Timothy O'Leary Pdf

Early Chinese ethics has attracted increasing scholarly and social attention in recent years as the virtue ethics movement in Western philosophy has sparked renewed interest in Confucianism and Daoism. At the same time, intellectuals and social commentators throughout greater China have looked to the Chinese ethical tradition for resources to evaluate the role of traditional cultural values in the contemporary world. Publications on early Chinese ethics have tended to focus inordinate and uncritical attention toward Confucianism, while relatively neglecting Daoism, Mohism, and shared features of Chinese moral psychology. This book aims to rectify this imbalance by including essays on Daoism and Confucianism, early Chinese moral psychology including widely neglected views of the Mohists and newly reconstructed accounts of the "embodied virtue" tradition, which ties ethics to physical cultivation. The volume also includes essays addressing the broader question of the value of comparative philosophy generally and of studying early Chinese ethics in particular. The book should have a wide readership among professional scholars and graduate students in Chinese philosophy, specifically Confucian ethics, Daoist ethics, and comparative ethics. Chris Fraseris associate professor of philosophy at the University of Hong Kong. Dan Robins is assistant professor of Chinese philosophy at Stockton College of New Jersey.Timothy O'Learyis associate professor of philosophy at the University of Hong Kong. Contributors include Roger Ames, Stephen Angle, Sin yee Chan, Jiwei Ci, Chris Fraser, Jane Geaney, William Haines, Chad Hansen, Manyul Im, P.J. Ivanhoe, Franklin Perkins, Lisa Raphals, Dan Robins, Henry Rosemont, Jr., David Wong, and Lee Yearley.

Author : Kuanyu Lu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:833633990

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The Secrets of Chinese Meditation by Kuanyu Lu Pdf

Author : Yung-Jong Shiah
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783030614041

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Foundations of Chinese Psychotherapies by Yung-Jong Shiah Pdf

This book provides an overview of the foundations of Chinese psychotherapy, based on a full consideration of Confucian, Taoist, and Buddhist teachings. Serving as a reliable and practical guide to coping with life’s adversities, the book offers therapeutic techniques to guide clinical practice based on the potential mutual enrichment of these teachings and current psychotherapies, research, and practice. It aims to guide readers towards authentic, durable happiness with novel approaches to a variety of mental health problems. Among the topics addressed: Cultural heritages and mental health Confucian, Taoist, and Buddhist techniques for self-enlightenment psychotherapy Psi mechanisms and related training models Foundations of Chinese Psychotherapies combines modern clinical methods and traditional teachings to form a unique approach to mental health and well-being. It will be a valuable resource for mental health professionals and others who seek to intervene in a variety of mental health problems. "A systematic introduction to indigenous Chinese psychotherapy is long overdue.Explicating human nature as envisioned by traditional Chinese thinkers, this book is a timely answer to the increasingly contested question of what it means to be human in an era when gene editing keeps tinkering nature’s design. " Louise Sundararajan, Ph.D., Ed.D., Fellow of the American Psychological Association; Chair and founder of the Task Force on Indigenous Psychology. "This is an important book. It builds on the work of K.-S. Yang and K.-K. Hwang in their hope for an indigenous Chinese psychology. This book is the next installment in that progression. The world-wide community of scholars needs to know what an indigenous psychology looks like that is sensitive to the insights of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. This book makes that contribution and it is my hope that it will be widely read." Alvin Dueck, PhD, Distinguished Senior Professor of Psychology, Fuller Graduate School of Psychology, USA Foundations of Chinese Psychotherapies is a valuable introduction to how the Confucian, Taoist, and Buddhist traditions understand the human psyche, and in particular psychic abilities. Yung-Jong Shiah has a unique perspective on these topics, having been trained in both Eastern and Western traditions, and through his deep familiarity with how science has been used to study these intriguing topics. " Dean Radin MS PhD, Chief Scientist, Institute of Noetic Sciences, USA and author Real Magic (2018) and other books.

Author : Kʻuan Yü Lu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : OCLC:59103931

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The Secrets of Chinese Meditation by Kʻuan Yü Lu Pdf

Author : Zhonghua Guo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000472295

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The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Citizenship by Zhonghua Guo Pdf

Two assumptions prevail in the study of Chinese citizenship: one holds that citizenship is unique to the Western political culture, and China has historically lacked the necessary conditions for its development; the other implies that China is an authoritarian regime that has always been subject to autocratic power, in which citizens and citizenship play a limited role. This volume negates both assumptions. On the one hand, it shows that China has its own unique and rich experiences of the emergence, development, rights, obligations, acts, culture, education, and sites of citizenship, indicating the need to widen the scope of citizenship studies to include non-Western societies. On the other hand, it aims to show that citizenship has been a core issue running through China's political development since the modern period, urging scholars to bring ‘citizenship’ into consideration in the study of Chinese politics. This Handbook sets a new agenda for citizenship studies and Chinese politics. Its clear, accessible style makes it essential reading for students and scholars interested in citizenship and China studies.