Preface Li Zehou
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Section I Nature and Human Existence
1 A Rediscovery of Heaven-and-Human Oneness
The Three-fold Significance
The Two-dimensional Orientation
A Pragmatic Alternative
2 Laozi on the Dao of Human Existence
Frame of Reference: The Dao of Man, Heaven and the Sage
PursuiL of Sageliness: Practical and Sagely Wisdom
Path to Freedom: Attitudes toward Life and Death
3 Zhuangzi's Way of Thinking through Fables
The Peng and Happy Excursion to the Infinite
The Butterfly and Self-emancipation
4 Poetic Wisdom in Zen Enlightenment
Revelations from Natural Scenes
Natural Spontaneity as a Psychical Path
A Poetic Way of Zen Enlightenment
The Realm of SEInyat~ as Beauty
Section II Harmony, Governance, and Warfare
5 Harmonization without Being Patternized
The Meeting of East and West as a Good-natured Hypothesis
Harmony and Uniformity in Perspective
The Need of a New PhitosoplTos Poiesis
6 Humane Governance and Pragmatic Reasori
Rule of Law as the Fundamental Basis
Wise Leadership of Crucial Necessity
The Pragmatic Reason in Question
7 No More Hiroshimas and Sharp Weapons
A Poetic Reflection after Hiroshima
A Philosophical Pondering over Sharp Weapons
Section III Morality, Art, and Aesthetics
8 Confucius' Expectation of Poetry
Poetry as a Social Discourse Sui Generis
Poetry as an Aesthetic Discourse Sui Generis
Poetry as a Moral Discourse Sui Generis
9 Aesthetic Criticism of Transculturality
Beyond East and West: A Transcultural Transformation
Aesthetic Education as a Critical Necessity (Meiyu Shuo)
Art as a Refuge from Suffering (Jietuo Shuo)
Art as Aesthetic Play for Freedom ( Youxi Shuo)
The Artist as Creative Genius ( Tiancai Shuo)
The Refined as the Second Form (Guya Shuo)
The Theory of Poetic State par Excellence ( Jing]ie Shuo )
10 The Theory of Art as Sedimentation
Art as Sedimentation
A Critical Consideration
A Methodological Reflection
11 Appreciating Nature in View of Practical Aesthetics
Three Levels of Aesthetic Experience
Aesthetic Effects of Heaven-and-Human Oneness
Selected Bibliography
Glossary