This book collects the 25 most important articles written by Professor Tang since the 1980s, dealing extensively with issues of Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism, Christianity and Chinese culture. In these articles, Professor Tang proves his value as a worthy successor to the Chinese philosophical tradition, while also open to the latest trends of thought both at home and abroad.

The late Professor Tang Yijie (1927-2014) was a prominent professor at Peking University and China's top scholar on philosophy and Chinese studies. He spearheaded the Confucian Canon project (), which seeks to compile all known classical works on Confucianism, comparable in scope and significance to the Complete Library of the Four Treasuries (**), the largest collection of books on Chinese history, which was commissioned by the Qianlong Emperor in the 18th century. Throughout his life, Professor Tang published scores of books and more than one hundred articles, offering enlightening insights into how to deal with issues that have historically troubled and continue to trouble people in modern society.

Among his numerous innovations, Professor Tang is especially remembered for introducing the concept of "harmony in diversity"(****). In the context of "the clash of civilizations" championed by Samuel P. Huntington, Tang argued for harmony in diversity, holding that this principle can offer some clues to help enable peoples, nations, and regions with different cultural traditions to develop together while remaining unique.

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Inhalt

Confucianism & Constructive Postmodernism.- The Contemporary Significance of Confucianism.- Towards a Chinese Hermeneutics.- Emotion in Pre-Qin Ruist Moral Theory: An Explanation of Dao Begins in Qing.- Some Reflections on New Confucianism in Chinese Mainland Culture of the 1990s.- The Problem of Harmonious Communities in Ancient China.- An Inquiry into the Possibility of a Third-Phase Development of Confucianism.- Immanence and Transcendence in Chinese Chan Buddhism.- The Introduction of Indian Buddhism into China: A Perspective on the Meaning of Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Comparative Religion
.- Relationships Between Traditional and Imported Thought and Culture in China: The Importation of Buddhism.- On the Dao De Jing (Tao Te Ching).- The Origin and Characteristics of Daoism (Taoism)
.- The Daoist Religion of China.- The Attempt of Matteo Ricci to Link Chinese and Western Cultures.- The Possible Orientations of Chinese Culture in the Context of Globalization.- Prospects for the Study of History of Chinese Philosophy, and the Issue of the True, the Good and the Beautiful in China's Traditional Philosophy.- Questions Concerning the Categorical System of Traditional Chinese Philosophy.- New Progress in the Study of the History of Chinese Philosophy.- A Reconsideration of the Question of the True, the Good, and the Beautiful in Traditional Chinese Philosophy.- Chinese Traditional Cultures and Corporate Management.- A Study of the Question of Chinas Cultural Development.- The Enlightenment and its Difficult Journey in China.- The Coexistence of Cultural Diversity: Sources of the Value of Harmony in Diversity.- On the Clash and Coexistence of Human Civilization.- Constructing Chinese Philosophy in Sino-European Cultural Exchange. <