MAJOR ASPECTS OF CHINESE RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY pdf

Major Aspects Of Chinese Religion And Philosophy by Dao of Inner Saint and Outer King

MAJOR ASPECTS OF CHINESE RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY

In his capacious work “Major Aspects of Chinese Religion and Philosophy-Dao of Inner Saint and Outer King” Shan Chun does not only explore the innate relations between Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism from their origins till its recent developments.

By relating the three major traditions of Chinese philosophy he also attempts to concentrate the New Confucianism on its unified origins and substantial implications by applying its inherent endeavor to relate and unite all spheres:

 these topics are the intimate relations between religion and philosophy, their inner and outer way (including the correlation between Confucian and Daoist legacies) as well as the unity between cosmos (heaven), country, state, society, and family.

According to the Confucian doctrine of the relation between wisdom and virtue as Inner Saint and the creation of a conducive socio-political environment as Outer King both spheres are meant to harmonize (nei sheng wai wang Zhi dao).

Mirroring the micro and the macrocosmic world the volume is structured in two parts: The first part entails nine chapters—beginning with a historical survey about the ‘Holy triangle’ of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism.

The second part— entailing further eleven chapters—develops the cosmopolitical idea ( tian Xia ) of the socio-political function of the external king concerning the political implications of the natural right.

This work traces three major Chinese intellectual traditions in their origins and attempts to revive them as spiritual resources in Chinese current endeavors to build “a harmonious society” and “a harmonious world”.

Therefore it would readily attract both scholars specialized in the academics concerned and readers at large with a strong desire to understand Confucian cosmopolitanism as the latest mission in “a unified harmonious world”.