Returning to Zhu Xi: Emerging Patterns Within the Supreme Polarity

Contents
Editor’s Introduction: The Day after Tomorrow— Zhu Xi’s Posthumous Birth
Introduction
Part I: nterpreting with Zhu Xi
	Chapter 1: Zhu Xi’s Metaphysics
		The Structure of Zhu Xi’s Philosophy
		The Quest for What Lies Beyond Embodied and Perceived
			Li as a Foundation or Governing Metaphysical Presence
			The Supreme Polarity’s (Taiji) Relation to Li: The Highest Formless Power
			Dao as Ordered Patterning—Imperceptible and Spontaneous Ordering
			Notes
			References
	Chapter 2: On Translating Taiji
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 3: Zhu Xi’s Confucian Thoughts on the Collected Commentaries of the Zhongyong
		“Preface to the Collected Commentaries of the Zhongyong”: The Lineage and Learning of the Proper Way
		Equilibrium and Constancy
		The Concerns of Exemplary Persons
		Being Creative in One’s Person and Understanding Efficacy
		The Practices of Making the Most of Natural Tendencies: Cultivating the Heart-mind and Achieving Understanding
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 4: Zhu Xi on Scientific and Occult Subjects: Defining and Extending the Boundaries of Confucian Learning
		Place of Scientific and Occult Subjects in Confucian Learning
		Establishing Proper Texts
		Legitimizing the Occult Subjects
			Interaction of Qi and Mind
			The Yijing Connection
		Incorporating the Occult Subjects: Explaining Strange Things and Events
		Intellectual Challenge, Confidence, and Respect for the Ancients
		Broadening the Scope of Confucian Learning
		Notes
		References
Part II: Thinking through Zhu Xi
	Chapter 5: Opposition and Complementarity in Zhu Xi’s Thought
		Introduction
		Li and Qi as Opposed and Complementary, Yet Independent and Irreducible
			Epistemological Interlude
			Co-involvement and Co-presence of Li and Qi in Things
			Priority of Li and Qi
			“Above Forms” versus “Within Forms”
			Role of Taiji
			Recognition of Opposition/Complementarity Relations between Li and Qi, and Among Related Terms
			The Complementary Nature
			Application to Xin 心 Heart-mind
		Existential Connection
		Selections from the Zhu Xi Preface to Zhongyong (Doctrine of the Mean); Translation Adapted from David Foster, 2005
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 6: On the Formation of Zhu Xi’s Spiritual World
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 7: Li as Emergent Patterns of Qi: A Nonreductive Interpretation
		Introduction
		Change and Transformation of Yin and Yang
		Generative Intermingling of Qi and the Ganying Relation
		Li as Emergent Patterns of Production and Reproduction
		The Inseparable but Unmingled Relation
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
Part III: Applying Zhu Xi
	Chapter 8: Boston Daoxue: A Modern Transposition of Zhu Xi’s Philosophical Vision
		A New Daotong 道統: Explanation, Exegesis, and Elaboration
		Philosophical Lexicography: The Case of Li 理
		Appendix
			Thematized Chart
			Ti 體 Cosmological Ordering Roots and Coherent Principles
			Yong 用 Functions or Processes
			He 和 Unifying Cultural Patterns and Manifestations
			De 德 Ethical Virtues, Norms, and Outcomes
			Architectonic of Ti 體 Yong 用 He 和 De 德
			The Praxis of 和德 Normative Moral Outcomes
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 9: Zhu Xi’s Virtue Ethics and the Grotian Challenge
		Zhu Xi’s Virtue Ethics
		Responding to the Grotian Challenge
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 10: How to Unite Is and Ought: An Explanation Regarding the Work of Master Zhu
		Some Contemporary Explanations of Master Zhu’s Theory of Li
		Master Zhu’s Own Explanations and Usages of Li
		Is and Ought: How Can They Be United?
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 11: On Anger: An Essay on Confucian Moral Psychology
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 12: Spiritual and Bodily Exercise: The Religious Significance of Zhu Xi’s Reading Methods
		The Importance of Reading
		Reading as Spiritual and Bodily Exercise
		Zhu Xi’s Reading Methods and Christian lectio divina: A Comparison
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
Contributors
	Translators
	Editors
Index