Chinese Philosophy: A Selective and Analytic Approach

Joseph S. Wu, Ph.D.

From author Dr. Joseph S. Wu comes Chinese Philosophy: A Selective and Analytic Approach, an anticipated phenomenal book that provides a rich understanding of the background literature, history and concepts of tradition that the author addresses to be an important access to and perspective on Chinese philosophy.

Chinese Philosophy: A Selective and Analytic Approach is a book of wisdom and enlightenment comprising six major chapters that tackles on relevant issues relating to Chinese philosophy. This informative volume presents Confucianism, starting with the concept of human heart where moral values and social orders are naturally established. It also presents Taoism that starts with a commonsense distinction between the relative and the absolute, and then establishes a theory of reality—leading to the principle of non-action.

A chapter of his book deals with the ideas of “The I-Ching,” that emphasize some natural concepts of process, interaction, and growth. It deals with the humanistic quality of the religious tradition of China and provides a new development of Confucianism, integrating other philosophical schools such as Taoism and Buddhism.

Furthermore, it explores contemporary Chinese philosophy, including two political thinkers with some fresh ideas and three philosophers who synthesized Western philosophy with the Chinese tradition to create a new philosophy.