Paul R. Goldin is professor of East Asian languages and civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of many books, including Confucianism, After Confucius, and Rituals of the Way: The Philosophy of Xunzi.

"[The Art of Chinese Philosophy] is a book I’d wanted to find before: a lucid, but not simplifying, introduction to eight classic texts, full of lapidary poetry."---Hannah Sullivan, Times Literary Supplement

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: What Are We Reading?Chapter One Nondeductive Argumentation and the Art of Chinese PhilosophyPart I. Philosophy of HeavenChapter Two The Analects of ConfuciusChapter Three MoziChapter Four MenciusPart II. Philosophy of the WayChapter Five LaoziChapter Six ZhuangziChapter Seven SunziPart III. Two Titans at the End of an AgeChapter Eight XunziChapter Nine Han FeiziAppendix: What Is qi 氣 and Why Was It a Good Idea?NotesBibliographyGeneral IndexIndex Locorum

Paul R. Goldin is professor of East Asian languages and civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of many books, including Confucianism, After Confucius, and Rituals of the Way: The Philosophy of Xunzi.

"[The Art of Chinese Philosophy] is a book I’d wanted to find before: a lucid, but not simplifying, introduction to eight classic texts, full of lapidary poetry."---Hannah Sullivan, Times Literary Supplement

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: What Are We Reading?Chapter One Nondeductive Argumentation and the Art of Chinese PhilosophyPart I. Philosophy of HeavenChapter Two The Analects of ConfuciusChapter Three MoziChapter Four MenciusPart II. Philosophy of the WayChapter Five LaoziChapter Six ZhuangziChapter Seven SunziPart III. Two Titans at the End of an AgeChapter Eight XunziChapter Nine Han FeiziAppendix: What Is qi 氣 and Why Was It a Good Idea?NotesBibliographyGeneral IndexIndex Locorum

Paul R. Goldin is professor of East Asian languages and civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of many books, including Confucianism, After Confucius, and Rituals of the Way: The Philosophy of Xunzi.

"[The Art of Chinese Philosophy] is a book I’d wanted to find before: a lucid, but not simplifying, introduction to eight classic texts, full of lapidary poetry."---Hannah Sullivan, Times Literary Supplement

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: What Are We Reading?Chapter One Nondeductive Argumentation and the Art of Chinese PhilosophyPart I. Philosophy of HeavenChapter Two The Analects of ConfuciusChapter Three MoziChapter Four MenciusPart II. Philosophy of the WayChapter Five LaoziChapter Six ZhuangziChapter Seven SunziPart III. Two Titans at the End of an AgeChapter Eight XunziChapter Nine Han FeiziAppendix: What Is qi 氣 and Why Was It a Good Idea?NotesBibliographyGeneral IndexIndex Locorum