Lauren F. Pfister is professor emeritus of philosophy and religion at Hong Kong Baptist University.

• Contents Permissions and AcknowledgementsPrefaceMethodological IntroductionPart One: Post-Secular Reflections on Recharacterizing Chinese Philosophical TraditionsPrefatory Note“Post-Secular Insights into the Professional Philosopher Féng Youlán’s ??? (???1895-1990) Life and Works”“Post-Secular Concerns related to a Relevant Philosophy of History for Chinese Philosophy” Part Two: Post-Secular Insights into Ruist StudiesPrefatory Note “Post-Secular Insights into the 17th Century Jesuit Rendering of ‘Confucianism’ ” “Post-Secular Revelations regarding the Dàxué??and the Zhongyong??” “Post-Secular Musings on a Secularist Philosophical Translation and Interpretation of The Zhongyong??”Part Three: Aspects of Post-Traditional Chinese Society and their Philosophical ReconsiderationPrefatory Note “Post-Secular Critiques of 20th Century Utopian Projects in China” “Post-Secular Critique of the Contemporary Phenomenon of ‘Human Flesh Search [Engines]’ in the PRC”“Post-Secular Ponderings on Sageliness and Saintliness”Conclusion: Unconcluding Post-Secular Reflections on Contemporary Studies of Chinese Philosophical Traditions Bibliography

This is a tremendous book based on a fruitful complexity that combines a wide range of figures, texts and issues. Pfister perceptively reveals some contemporary interpretive accounts of Chinese philosophical concerns related to a conceptual and hermeneutic framework of post-secularity. Covering texts and issues from pre-imperial, imperial, and post-traditional Confucian (“Ruist”) periods, it is a cornucopia of philosophical questions, religio-philosophical explorations, and historical insights. Undoubtedly, it also contributes to a modern transformative history of Chinese philosophical traditions in which numerous other topics and many other scholars could become involved.

Lauren F. Pfister is professor emeritus of philosophy and religion at Hong Kong Baptist University.

• Contents Permissions and AcknowledgementsPrefaceMethodological IntroductionPart One: Post-Secular Reflections on Recharacterizing Chinese Philosophical TraditionsPrefatory Note“Post-Secular Insights into the Professional Philosopher Féng Youlán’s ??? (???1895-1990) Life and Works”“Post-Secular Concerns related to a Relevant Philosophy of History for Chinese Philosophy” Part Two: Post-Secular Insights into Ruist StudiesPrefatory Note “Post-Secular Insights into the 17th Century Jesuit Rendering of ‘Confucianism’ ” “Post-Secular Revelations regarding the Dàxué??and the Zhongyong??” “Post-Secular Musings on a Secularist Philosophical Translation and Interpretation of The Zhongyong??”Part Three: Aspects of Post-Traditional Chinese Society and their Philosophical ReconsiderationPrefatory Note “Post-Secular Critiques of 20th Century Utopian Projects in China” “Post-Secular Critique of the Contemporary Phenomenon of ‘Human Flesh Search [Engines]’ in the PRC”“Post-Secular Ponderings on Sageliness and Saintliness”Conclusion: Unconcluding Post-Secular Reflections on Contemporary Studies of Chinese Philosophical Traditions Bibliography

This is a tremendous book based on a fruitful complexity that combines a wide range of figures, texts and issues. Pfister perceptively reveals some contemporary interpretive accounts of Chinese philosophical concerns related to a conceptual and hermeneutic framework of post-secularity. Covering texts and issues from pre-imperial, imperial, and post-traditional Confucian (“Ruist”) periods, it is a cornucopia of philosophical questions, religio-philosophical explorations, and historical insights. Undoubtedly, it also contributes to a modern transformative history of Chinese philosophical traditions in which numerous other topics and many other scholars could become involved.

Lauren F. Pfister is professor emeritus of philosophy and religion at Hong Kong Baptist University.

• Contents Permissions and AcknowledgementsPrefaceMethodological IntroductionPart One: Post-Secular Reflections on Recharacterizing Chinese Philosophical TraditionsPrefatory Note“Post-Secular Insights into the Professional Philosopher Féng Youlán’s ??? (???1895-1990) Life and Works”“Post-Secular Concerns related to a Relevant Philosophy of History for Chinese Philosophy” Part Two: Post-Secular Insights into Ruist StudiesPrefatory Note “Post-Secular Insights into the 17th Century Jesuit Rendering of ‘Confucianism’ ” “Post-Secular Revelations regarding the Dàxué??and the Zhongyong??” “Post-Secular Musings on a Secularist Philosophical Translation and Interpretation of The Zhongyong??”Part Three: Aspects of Post-Traditional Chinese Society and their Philosophical ReconsiderationPrefatory Note “Post-Secular Critiques of 20th Century Utopian Projects in China” “Post-Secular Critique of the Contemporary Phenomenon of ‘Human Flesh Search [Engines]’ in the PRC”“Post-Secular Ponderings on Sageliness and Saintliness”Conclusion: Unconcluding Post-Secular Reflections on Contemporary Studies of Chinese Philosophical Traditions Bibliography

This is a tremendous book based on a fruitful complexity that combines a wide range of figures, texts and issues. Pfister perceptively reveals some contemporary interpretive accounts of Chinese philosophical concerns related to a conceptual and hermeneutic framework of post-secularity. Covering texts and issues from pre-imperial, imperial, and post-traditional Confucian (“Ruist”) periods, it is a cornucopia of philosophical questions, religio-philosophical explorations, and historical insights. Undoubtedly, it also contributes to a modern transformative history of Chinese philosophical traditions in which numerous other topics and many other scholars could become involved.