Xiong Shili (1885-1968) is widely known as a founding determine of the trendy New Confucian faculty of philosophy and seen by many as one of the vital vital and inventive Chinese language philosophers of the 20th century. His final concern all through his lengthy mental profession was to indicate that “Actuality (ti) and performance (yong) are non-dual.” Actuality is the “locus” that ontologically grounds the exceptional but will not be completely different from the exceptional. His onto-cosmology attracts syncretically on a various vary of assets within the Chinese language philosophical custom to assemble his personal overarching metaphysical imaginative and prescient, articulated throughout the broader context of advancing a scientific critique of each Madhyamaka and Yogācāra Buddhist thought, the fruits of almost 4 a long time of crucial engagement.
Treatise on Actuality and Operate (Ti yong lun) is the mature expression of Xiong’s signature metaphysical doctrine. Printed in 1958, Xiong thought-about it to be his most vital philosophical achievement, nevertheless it has by no means earlier than appeared in English. This annotated translation by John Makeham presents the textual content together with the unique foreword attributed to Han Yuankai, and Xiong’s unique preface.
