Chinese Culture of Intelligence
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Praise for Chinese Culture of Intelligence -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1 A Rediscovery of Heaven-Human Oneness -- 1.1 The Threefold Significance -- 1.1.1 Tiandi and Its Naturalistic Aspects -- 1.1.2 Tiandao and Its Moralistic Expectations -- 1.1.3 Tianxia and Its Cosmopolitan Ideal -- 1.2 The Two-Dimensional Orientation -- 1.2.1 The Humanization of Nature -- 1.2.2 The Naturalization of Humanity -- 1.3 A Pragmatic Alternative -- Chapter 2 What Matters Behind Ecumenism? -- 2.1 "All Under Heaven" and Its Historical Implementation -- 2.2 Ecumenism as an Alternative -- 2.3 Harmonism as the Key Drive -- Chapter 3 Harmonization Without Being Patternized -- 3.1 The Meeting of East and West -- 3.2 Harmony Versus Uniformity -- 3.3 The Need of a New Philosophos Poiesis -- Chapter 4 The Dao of Human Existence -- 4.1 Frame of Reference: The Dao of Man, Heaven, and the Sage -- 4.2 Pursuit of Sageliness: Practical and Sagely Wisdom -- 4.3 Path to Freedom: Attitudes Toward Life and Death -- Chapter 5 A Symbolic Way of Thinking Through Fables -- 5.1 The Peng and Happy Excursion to the Infinite -- 5.2 The Butterfly and Self-Emancipation -- Chapter 6 Two Models of Cultivating Wisdom for a Good Life -- 6.1 The Beauty Ladder -- 6.2 The Mind-Heart Excursion -- 6.3 Comparative Models of Cultivation -- Chapter 7 Poetic Wisdom in Zen Enlightenment -- 7.1 Revelation from Natural Scenes -- 7.2 Natural Spontaneity as a Psychical Path -- 7.3 A Poetic Way of Zen Enlightenment -- 7.3.1 Gradual Enlightenment -- 7.3.2 Sudden Enlightenment -- 7.4 The Realm of Sūnyatā as Beauty -- Chapter 8 A New Ideal and Transcultural Pursuit -- 8.1 The Cultural Ideal and the Pagoda Allegory -- 8.2 The Transcultural Pursuit and the Transformed Overman -- 8.3 A Second Reflection and a Threefold Process Strategy.