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Wang Fuzhi’s Reconstruction of Confucianism

Crisis and Reflection

Palgrave Macmillan

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  • Constitutes the most thorough work available in English on ?Wang Fuzhi

  • Offers a comprehensive review of Wang Fuzhi’s understanding of historical events and his interpretation of the Confucian classics

  • Helps readers to understand Wang Fuzhi from an organic perspective

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Introduction

    • Mingran Tan
    Pages 1-20
  3. Wang Fuzhi’s Life and Dreams

    • Mingran Tan
    Pages 21-35
  4. Political Reconstruction

    • Mingran Tan
    Pages 37-78
  5. Moral Reconstruction

    • Mingran Tan
    Pages 79-154
  6. Cosmological Reconstruction

    • Mingran Tan
    Pages 155-198
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 247-265

About this book

Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692), a Ming loyalist, was forced to find solutions for both cultural and political crises of his time. In this book Mingran Tan provides a comprehensive review of Wang Fuzhi’s understanding of historical events and his interpretation of the Confucian classics. Tan explains what kind of Confucian system Wang Fuzhi was trying to construct according to his motto, “The Six Classics require me to create something new”. He sought a basis for Confucian values such as filial piety, humanity and ritual propriety from political, moral and cosmological perspectives, arguing that they could cultivate a noble personality, beatify political governance, and improve social and cosmological harmony. This inspired Wang Fuzhi’s attempt to establish a syncretic blend of the three branches of Neo-Confucianism, i.e., Zhu Xi’s (1130-1200) philosophy of principle , Wang Yangming’s (1472-1529)   philosophy of mind and Zhang Zai’s (1020-1077) philosophy of qi (material force). 

The most thorough work on Wang Fuzhi available in English, this study corrects some general misunderstanding of the nature of Wang Fuzhi’s philosophy and helps readers to understand Wang Fuzhi from an organic perspective. Building upon previous scholars’ research on Wang Fuzhi’s notion of moral cultivation, Tan gives a comprehensive understanding of how Wang Fuzhi improves social and cosmological harmony through compliance with Confucian rituals.




Authors and Affiliations

  • College of Philosophy, Nankai University, Tianjin, China

    Mingran Tan

About the author

Mingran Tan teaches at Nankai University, China. 



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Wang Fuzhi’s Reconstruction of Confucianism

  • Book Subtitle: Crisis and Reflection

  • Authors: Mingran Tan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80263-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-80262-2Published: 18 September 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-80265-3Published: 18 September 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-80263-9Published: 17 September 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 265

  • Topics: Religious Studies, general, Philosophy, general, History of China

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Softcover Book USD 99.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 129.99
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