The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Philosophy

The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Philosophy collects new essays on important texts and figures in the history of Chinese thought. The essays cover both well-known texts such as the Analects and the Zhuangzi as well as many of the lesser-known thinkers in the classical and post-classical Chinese tradition. Most of the chapters focus on thinkers or texts in one of three important historical movements: Classical ("pre-Qin") Chinese philosophy, Chinese Buddhism, and the Confucian response to Buddhism ("neo-Confucianism" broadly construed). Each essay presents cutting-edge work on important topics in the Chinese tradition and yet is written for a general philosophical audience.