Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy (Third Edition)

The third edition of Ivanhoe and Van Norden's acclaimed anthology builds on the strengths of previous editions with the addition of new selections for each chapter; selections from Shen Dao; a new translation of the writings of Han Feizi; selections from two texts, highly influential in later Chinese philosophy, the Great Learning and Mean; and a complete translation of the recently discovered text Nature Comes from the Mandate.

Each section of this volume begins with a brief Introduction and concludes with a lightly annotated Selective Bibliography. Also included are four appendices: Important Figures, Important Periods, Important Texts, and Important Terms.

ONLINE RESOURCES:

Title Support Page: Click here for additional online resources, including study questions, maps, readings, and more.

Sample Syllabus: Click here to download a sample syllabus from author Bryan Van Norden

About the Authors:

Philip J. Ivanhoe is Professor in and Chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Georgetown University. In addition to this volume, his publications for Hackett include Confucian Moral Self Cultivation (2000); Virtue, Nature, and Moral Agency in the Xunzi (2000), coedited with T. C. Kline III; Ethics in the Confucian Tradition (2002); Essays on the Moral Philosophy of Mengzi, coedited with Xiusheng Liu (2002); The Daodejing of Laozi (2003); and Master Sun’s Art of War (2011).

Bryan W. Van Norden is the James Monroe Taylor Chair in Philosophy and in Chinese and Japanese at Vassar College and Chair Professor in the School of Philosophy at Wuhan University. In addition to this volume, his publications for Hackett include Mengzi: With Selections from Traditional Commentaries (2008); The Essential Mengzi: Selected Passages with Traditional Commentary (2009); Introduction to Classical Chinese Philosophy (2011); Readings in Later Chinese Philosophy, coedited with Justin Tiwald (2014); and Classical Chinese for Everyone (2019).