Author: Jhingran, Saral

As China comes on the world stage again, people are increasingly becoming interested in the philosophies and philosophers of that ancient land.

The Chinese philosophical tradition is a long and venerable one.

It consists of several streams--Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism and post Neo-Confucianism.

Their flow has been sustained by numerous personages--Confucius, Lao Tzu, Mo Tzu, Mencius, Hsun Tzu, Han Fei, Chou Tun-i, Chu Hsi, Wang Yang-ming and K'ang Yu-wei, to name but a few.

This book deals with the basic views of those philosophers and their influence on Chinese history and culture.

In no other country, perhaps, has philosophy had such a determinate influence. This may be a lesson in itself for the contemporary world in which people and nations in many instances wander aimlessly and hesitatingly, having cut themselves off from their traditional ground of being.