Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Chinese Philosophy and Gender

Ann A. Pang-White is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Asian Studies at The University of Scranton, USA

• Introduction: A Road Less TravelledPart I: Confucian Approaches: Ancient and Medieval1. Women and Moral Dilemmas in Early Chinese EthicsPaul R. Goldin, The University of Pennsylvania, USA2. Discourses on Women from the Classical Period to the Song: An Integrated ApproachTerry Tak-ling Woo, York University, Canada3. Neo-Confucians and Zhu Xi on Family and Woman: Challenges and PotentialsAnn A. Pang-White, The University of Scranton, USA4. The Dream of Sagehood: A Re-Examination of Queen Sohae’s Naehoon and FeminismHye-Kyung Kim, University of Wisconsin—Green Bay, USAPart II: Confucian Approaches: Modern and Contemporary5. Close Personal Relationships and the Situated Self: The Confucian Analects and Feminist PhilosophyKaryn Lai, University of New South Wales, Australia6. Care and Justice: Reading Mencius, Kant, and Gilligan ComparativelyChenyang Li, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore7. Moral Reasoning: the Female Way and the Xunzian WayEllie Hua Wang, National Chengchi University, Taiwan8. Multiculturalism and Feminism Revisited: A Hybridized Confucian Care EthicsLisa Rosenlee, The University of Hawaii—West O‘ahu, USA9. Would Confucianism Allow Two Men to Share a Peach? Compatibility Between Ancient Confucianism and HomosexualitySin-Yee Chan, The University of Vermont, USAPart III: Daoist Approaches10. Yinyang Gender Dynamics: Lived Bodies, Rhythmical Changes and Cultural PerformancesRobin Wang, Loyola Marymount University, USA11. On the Dao of Ci (Feminine/Female) in the DaodejingLin Ma, Renmin University, China12. To Beget and to Forget: On the Transformative Power of the Two Feminine Images of Dao in the LaoziGalia Pratt-Shimar, Tel-Aviv University, Israel13. The Yijing, Gender, and the Ethics of NatureEric Nelson, University of Massachusetts—Lowell, USA14. Daoism and the LGBT CommunitySue Scheibler, Loyola Marymount University, USAPart IV: Buddhist Approaches15. Buddhist Nondualism: Deconstructing Gender and Other Delusions of the Discriminating Mind Through AwarenessSandra Wawrytko, San Diego State University, USA16. Non-self, Agency, and Women: Buddhism’s Modern TransformationAnn A. Pang-White, The University of Scranton, USA17. “The Bodhisattva’s Path” as Gender-neutral Practices--A Case Study of Buddhist Tzh Chi Community in TaiwanHuei-Syin Lu, Tzu Chi University, Taiwan18. Bhik?uni Chao-Hwei’s Buddhist-Feminist Social EthicsHsiao-Lan Hu, University of Detroit Mercy, USAIndex

An invaluable resource for scholars, teachers, students and general readers interested in the relationship of Chinese philosophy to gender . . . Indispensable to scholars working at the intersections of Chinese philosophy, religion, gender and feminism. More importantly, it will serve as an accessible and fascinating point of entry for students and researchers familiar with one of these areas and curious about others.