That bad things happen to good people was as true in early China as it is today. Franklin
Perkins uses this observation as the thread by which to trace the effort by Chinese thinkers …

The paper develops a eudaimonistic reading of the Zhuāngzǐ 莊子 on which the
characteristic feature of a well-lived life is the exercise of dé 德 (potency, virtuosity) in a …

University campus sustainability projects frequently aim to promote ecological behavior of
their community members. However, these projects rarely consider the level of students' self …

This article explicates a Confucian perspective of the social contract and its relation with
education through the philosophical thought of Xunzi. It is argued that Xunzi shares the early …

Drawing primarily on the Mòzǐ and Xúnzǐ, the article proposes an account of how knowledge
and error are understood in classical Chinese epistemology and applies it to explain the …

A common interpretation of the Zhuangzi holds that the text is skeptical only about
propositional knowledge and not practical knowledge. It is argued here that this …

Xunzi's 荀子 advocacy for moral education is well-documented; precisely how his program
bolsters moral development, and why a program touting study of ritual could be effective …

This paper explores the extent to which our past and present knowledge can help us to be
future-ready, and suggests a theoretical basis for future-readiness. Drawing on the thought …

This book is a study of the methodological, metaphysical, and epistemological work of the
Eastern Han Dynasty period scholar Wang Chong. It presents Wang's philosophical thought …

Offering a Daoist interpretation of perspective-taking, this article expounds the philosophical
thought of Zhuangzi on this topic. Zhuangzi's views can be consolidated into two broad …