This is a chronicle of Chinese thought from the third millennium sage-kings to the 1911 overthrow of the monarchical system. It focuses particularly on the most commonly known schools of Confucianism and Taoism, with insights into Mohism, "Yin-Yang", Legalism, New-Taoism and Neo-Confucianism. Editor's Introduction xi Author's Preface xix The Spirit of Chinese Philosophy 1(15) The Background of Chinese Philosophy 16(14) The Origin of the Schools 30(8) Confucius, the First Teacher 38(11) Mo Tzu, the First Opponent of Confucius 49(11) The First Phase of Taoism: Yang Chu 60(8) The Idealistic Wing of Confucianism: Mencius 68(12) The School of Names 80(13) The Second Phase of Taoism: Lao Tzu 93(11) The Third Phase of Taoism: Chuang Tzu 104(14) The Later Mohists 118(11) The Yin-Yang School and Early Chinese Cosmogony 129(14) The Realistic Wing of Confucianism: Hsun Tzu 143(12) Han Fei Tzu and the Legalist School 155(11) Confucianist Metaphysics 166(12) World Politics and World Philosophy 178(13) Theorizer of the Han Empire: Tung Chung-Shu 191(13) The Ascendancy of Confucianism and Revival of Taoism 204(13) Neo-Taoism: The Rationalists 217(14) Neo-Taoism: The Sentimentalists 231(10) The Foundation of Chinese Buddhism 241(14) Ch'anism, the Philosophy of Silence 255(11) Neo-Confucianism: The Cosmologists 266(15) Neo-Confucianism: The Beginning of the Two Schools 281(13) Neo-Confucianism: The School of Platonic Ideas 294(13) Neo-Confucianism: The School of Universal Mind 307(12) The Introduction of Western Philosophy 319(13) Chinese Philosophy in the Modern World 332(11) Bibliography 343(8) Index 351