Encyclopedia of Chinese Philosophy

Chinese philosophy and ethics have a tradition at least as impressive and complex as their Western counterparts, but they are less recognized in the West. Changing global and intercultural perspectives in recent decades have meant that the rich and distinctive contribution of Chinese philosophy and ethics to world philosophy and ethics are increasingly recognized, not merely by scholars who have always known it, but by new and wider numbers of teachers and students in colleges and universities. Parallel with this has been the ever‐growing numbers of Chinese works in translation which, despite the wealth of material still exclusive to Chinese‐speakers,...