論李明輝著《Confucianism: Its Roots and Global Significance》

On Confucianism: Its Roots and Global Significance by Ming-Huei Lee

This book written by Professor Ming-huei Lee has seven chapters to form three parts of special topics. The three parts are: (1) Classical Confucianism and Its Modern Reinterpretations (2) Neo-Confucianism in China and Korea (3) Ethics and Politics [of Confucianism] In this academic review, I will raise six points to discuss with Professor Lee, including: Herbert Fingarette's idea of''the secular as sacred,''Xu Fugan's view of''headless humanism,''Zhu Xi's concepts of jue, zhi, and zhijue, Wang Yangming's idea of liangzhi, the topic of Confucian political philosophy, and Mou Zongsan's reinterpretation of Kant's idea of''thing-in-itself.'' 李明輝教授的此一論著共有七章，包括三部分的主題：（1）古典儒學及其現代性重釋（2）中國與韓國的新儒學（3）儒學中的倫理與政治在此一學術書評中，我將提出六點與李教授討論：Herbert Fingarette的“the secular as sacred”，徐復觀的“headless humanism”，朱熹的「覺」、「知」及「知覺」，王陽明的「良知」，儒學中的政治哲學，及牟宗三的“thing-in-itself”。