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Challenges the idea held by many prominent twentieth-century Sinologists that early China
experienced a language crisis. Jane Geaney argues that early Chinese conceptions of …

The “School of Names”(ming jia) is the traditional Chinese label for a diverse group of
Warring States (479–221 BCE) thinkers who shared an interest in language, disputation …

For anyone looking to understand Chinese philosophy, here is the place to start. Introducing
this vast and far-reaching tradition, Ronnie L. Littlejohn tells you everything you need to …

Naming or names (ming 名) is one of the key concepts in Daodejing (道德經). According to a
popular understanding, names in Daodejing correspond to features (xing 形) of things; …

Jade can be smashed but its whiteness cannot be changed; bamboo can be burned, but its
joints cannot be destroyed. Although my body will perish, my name will be handed down on …

The paper presents an account of the zhengming 正名 (correcting names) doctrine as it is
presented in the Lunyu, and secondarily, the “zhengming” chapter of the Xunzi. The …

This essay argues that the third-century BC Ruist “masters” text Xúnzǐ presents a
sophisticated approach to semantics and epistemology in which a concern with truth is at …

This essay examines whether an invocation of an epistemological privilege on the part of
supposed moral experts prevents potential students from being able to evaluate among …

How should we understand the Confucian doctrine of the rectification of names
(zhengming): what does it mean that an object's name must be in accordance with its reality …