Xiong Shili's Treatise on Reality and Function

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John Makeham (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, La Trobe University and The Australian National University)

Xiong Shili's Treatise on Reality and Function

John Makeham (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, La Trobe University and The Australian National University)

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English

Oxford University Press Inc
24 January 2024

Philosophy; Oriental & Indian philosophy; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; History of ideas

Series: OXFORD CHINESE THOUGHT SERIES

"Xiong Shili (1885-1968) is widely recognized as a founding figure of the modern New Confucian school of philosophy and seen by many as one of the most important and creative Chinese philosophers of the twentieth century. His ultimate concern throughout his long intellectual career was to show that ""Reality (ti) and function (yong) are non-dual."" Reality is the ""locus"" that ontologically grounds the phenomenal yet is not different from the phenomenal. His onto-cosmology draws syncretically on a diverse range of resources in the Chinese philosophical tradition to construct his own overarching metaphysical vision, articulated within the broader context of advancing a systematic critique of both Madhyamaka and Yog=ac=ara Buddhist thought, the culmination of nearly four decades of critical engagement.

Treatise on Reality and Function (Ti yong lun) is the mature expression of Xiong's signature metaphysical doctrine. Published in 1958, Xiong considered it to be his most important philosophical achievement, but it has never before appeared in English. This annotated translation by John Makeham presents the text along with the original foreword attributed to Han Yuankai, and Xiong's original preface."

Edited and translated by: John Makeham (Professor Emeritus Professor Emeritus La Trobe University and The Australian National University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 158mm, Width: 236mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9780197688694
ISBN 10: 0197688691
Series: OXFORD CHINESE THOUGHT SERIES
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 24 January 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

John Makeham is Professor Emeritus at La Trobe University and The Australian National University. He has held academic positions at Victoria University of Wellington, University of Adelaide, National Taiwan University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Australian National University, and La Trobe University.