Philosophy and Religion in Early Medieval China

Alan K. L. Chan is Professor of Philosophy at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His books include Two Visions of the Way: A Study of the Wang Pi and the Ho-shang Kung Commentaries on the Lao-tzu, also published by SUNY Press; Filial Piety in Chinese Thought and History; and Mencius: Contexts and Interpretations. Yuet-Keung Lo is Associate Professor of Chinese Studies at the National University of Singapore. Together they have coedited Interpretation and Literature in Early Medieval China, also published by SUNY Press

• IntroductionAlan K. L. Chan1. Sage Nature and the Logic of Namelessness: Reconstructing He Yan’s Explication of DaoAlan K. L. Chan2. Tracing the Dao: Wang Bi’s Theory of NamesJude Soo Meng Chua3. Hexagrams and Politics: Wang Bi’s Political Philosophy in the Zhouyi zhuTze Ki Hon4. Li in Wang Bi and Guo Xiang: Coherence in the DarkBrook Ziporyn5. The Sage without Emotion: Music, Mind, and Politics in Xi KangUlrike Middendorf6. The Ideas of Illness, Healing, and Morality in Early Heavenly Master DaoismChi Tim Lai7. Imagining Community: Family Values and Morality in the Lingbao ScripturesStephen R. Bokenkamp8. What is Geyi, After All?Victor H. Mair9. The Buddharaja Image of Emperor Wu of LiangKathy Cheng Mei Ku10. Social and Cultural Dimensions of Reclusion in Early Medieval ChinaAlan Berkowitz11. Destiny and Retribution in Early Medieval ChinaYuet Keung LoContributorsIndex

"...the rich level of scholarship … and the breadth of topics examined, will ensure that the volume will be useful for a wide range of scholarly interests." — Dao"...Chan and Lo have deeply enriched our understanding of early medieval China (220–589 CE)." — Journal of Chinese Religions"…a welcome addition to the growing body of literature on medieval China." — Philosophy East & West