Professor Xu Xiaoyue, a top-notch scholar specializing in ancient Chinese philosophies and religions, displays essential constituents of Chinese humanism before readers. According to him, key concepts such as Confucian ten virtues, Daoist Way and Buddhist metaphysical voidness play quite a significant role in shaping the Chinese humanism, which not only is historically indispensable to the creation of traditional Chinese culture but it also realistically matters to present-day China’s cultural reconstruction in the world that is being remolded by the roots.

• Cover
• Title
• Dedication
• Copyright
• Contents
• Chapter 1 Chinese humanism
  • 1.1 Chinese Humanism
  • 1.2.1 Putting people first
  • 1.2.2 Attaching absolute priority to virtue: The Ten Virtues
• Chapter 2 The Three Teachings I
  • 2.1 Confucianism
  • 2.2 Daoism
  • 2.3 Buddha and his teachings
• Chapter 3 The Three Teachings II
  • 3.1 Historical roles
  • 3.2 Core values
  • 3.3 Syncretism
  • 3.4 Ecology in Confucianism and Daoism
• Chapter 4 Guoxue 国学, or National Learning
  • 4.1 What is Guoxue?
  • 4.2 Locating Guoxue
  • 4.3 A historical sketch of traditional Chinese scholarship and thought
• Bibliography
• List of key Chinese terms