Mortality in Traditional Chinese Thought

Amy Olberding is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oklahoma. Philip J. Ivanhoe is Reader-Professor of Philosophy at the City University of Hong Kong. His many books include Religious and Philosophical Aspects of the Laozi (coedited with Mark Csikszentmihalyi) and Essays on Skepticism, Relativism, and Ethics in the Zhuangzi (coedited with Paul Kjellberg), both also published by SUNY Press.

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSINTRODUCTION1. Preparation for the Afterlife in Ancient ChinaMu-chou Poo2. Ascend to Heaven or Stay in the Tomb? Paintings in Mawangdui Tomb 1 and the Virtual Ritual of Revival in Second-Century B.C.E. ChinaEugene Yuejin Wang3. Concepts of Death and the Afterlife Refl ected in Newly Discovered Tomb Objects and Texts from Han ChinaJue Guo4. War, Death, and Ancient Chinese Cosmology: Thinking through the Thickness of CultureRoger T. Ames5. Death and Dying in the AnalectsPhilip J. Ivanhoe6. I Know Not "Seems": Grief for Parents in the AnalectsAmy Olberding7. Allotment and Death in Early ChinaMark Csikszentmihalyi8. Death in the Zhuangzi: Mind, Nature, and the Art of ForgettingMark Berkson9. Sages, the Past, and the Dead: Death in the HuainanziMichael Puett10. Linji and William James on Mortality: Two Visions of PragmatismTao Jiang11. Death as the Ultimate Concern in Neo-Confucian Tradition: Wang Yangming’s Followers as an ExampleGuoxiang PengLIST OF CONTRIBUTORSINDEX

"…[a] fine volume … There is much to learn and enjoy for readers of all kinds in these eleven essays." — Dao"…the volume provides a provocative and multifaceted entry into the study of mortality in traditional Chinese thought … [it] demonstrates the richness of Chinese responses to mortality, inviting scholars to extend the scope of related scholarship beyond what is contained within its pages." — Mortality"…critical considerations … do not remotely eclipse the great academic value of this edited book which will, no doubt, very soon become an essential work of reference for all those who are interested in the study of death in Chinese civilization." — Journal of Chinese Religions