The Awakening of Faith and New Confucian Philosophy

by John Makeham

This innovative volume demonstrates how and to what ends the writings of Xiong Shili, Ma Yifu, Tang Junyi and Mou Zongsan adopted and repurposed conceptual models derived from the Buddhist text Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith. It shows which of the philosophical positions defended by these New Confucian philosophers were developed and sustained through engagement with the critical challenges advanced by scholars who attacked...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004471235
• ISBN13: 9789004471238
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 516 Pages