Proposes an “intra-cultural philosophy” based on John Dewey’s “cultural turn” and promotes Daoist thought as a resource that can help to reconstruct outmoded assumptions that continue to shape how we currently think.

Argues that we move beyond philosophy that is simply “comparative” and uses John Dewey’s late period reflections as the basis for an alternative.

Examines the Great Peace (taiping), one of the first utopian visions in Chinese history, and its impact on literati lives in Han China.

Assesses John Dewey’s visit to China in 1919–21 as an “intra-cultural” episode and promotes “Chinese natural philosophy” as a philosophical context in which to understand the connections between Dewey’s philosophy and early Confucian thinking.

A wide-ranging exploration and critical assessment of the work of a major figure in Chinese and comparative philosophy.

Provides a new perspective on important linguistic issues in philosophical and religious Daoism through the comparative lens of twentieth-century European philosophies of language.

An encounter between Franke’s philosophy of the unsayable and Eastern apophatic wisdom in the domains of poetry, thought, and culture.

Reassesses didacticism in seventeenth-century Chinese vernacular fiction and challenges the view that the late Ming was a notoriously immoral time.

Attempts to think anew about philosophical questions from the perspective of breath and breathing.

Critical reflections on the work of Angus Charles Graham, renowned Western scholar of Chinese philosophy and sinology.

Engages with Chinese philosophy to offer new conceptual models for reframing gender, bodies, and aesthetics.

Challenges the idea held by many prominent twentieth-century Sinologists that early China experienced a “language crisis. ”

Reveals cultural paradigms and historical prejudices regarding the role of birthing and women in the reproduction of society.

Discusses contemporary Confucianism's relevance and its capacity to address pressing social and political issues of twenty-first-century life.

Provides a systematic and comprehensive survey of writings on military philosophy in early China.

A translation of Wang Daiyu’s Real Commentary on the True Teaching, the first and most influential work written in the Chinese language on Islam.

A comprehensive analysis of the transformations of ancient history in early Chinese texts.

Considers the role of hiddenness in the history of cultural production in premodern China.

A reconsideration of Zhu Xi, known as the “great synthesizer” of Confucianism, which establishes him as an important thinker in his own right.

David N. Keightley’s seminal essays on the origins of Chinese society are brought together in one volume.

Contests long-standing claims that Confucianism came to prominence under China's Emperor Wu.

Discusses how Zhou Dunyi's thought became a cornerstone of neo-Confucianism.

Continues the author’s inquiry into the development of the Chinese philosophical concept Li, concluding in Song and Ming dynasty Neo-Confucianism.

An anthology of English translations of primary texts of the Quanzhen (Complete Perfection) school of Daoism.

Explores the religious, political, and cultural significance attributed to music in early China.