Table of Contents
- Frontmatter
- FOREWORD, by Wm. Theodore de Bary (page vii)
- PREFACE (page ix)
- TRANSLATOR'S NOTE (page xi)
- ABBREVIATIONS (page xiv)
- Introduction (page xvii)
-
Reflections on Things at Hand
- PREFACE BY CHU HSI (page 1)
- PREFACE BY LÜ TSU‐CH'IEN (page 3)
- I. ON THE SUBSTANCE OF THE WAY (page 5)
- II. THE ESSENTIALS OF LEARNING (page 35)
- III. THE INVESTIGATION OF THINGS AND THE INVESTIGATION OF PRINCIPLE TO THE UTMOST (page 88)
- IV. PRESERVING ONE'S MIND AND NOURISHING ONE'S NATURE (page 123)
- V. CORRECTING MISTAKES, IMPROVING ONESELF, SELF‐DISCIPLINE, AND RETURNING TO PROPRIETY (page 154)
- VI. THE WAY TO REGULATE THE FAMILY (page 171)
- VII. ON SERVING OR NOT SERVING IN THE GOVERNMENT, ADVANCING OR WITHDRAWING, AND ACCEPTING OR DECLINING OFFICE (page 183)
- VIII. ON THE PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNING THE STATE AND BRINGING PEACE TO THE WORLD (page 202)
- IX. SYSTEMS AND INSTITUTIONS (page 218)
- X. METHODS OF HANDLING AFFAIRS (page 238)
- XI. THE WAY TO TEACH (page 260)
- XII. CORRECTING MISTAKES AND THE DEFECTS OF THE HUMAN MIND (page 268)
- XIII. SIFTING THE HETERODOXICAL DOCTRINES (page 279)
- XIV. ON THE DISPOSITIONS OF SAGES AND WORTHIES (page 289)
- SOURCES OF SELECTIONS IN THE Chin‐ssu lu (page 309)
- ON THE Chin‐ssu lu AND ITS COMMENTARIES (page 323)
- ON TRANSLATING CERTAIN CHINESE PHILOSOPHICAL TERMS (page 359)
- BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 371)
- GLOSSARY (page 391)
- INDEX (page 417)