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1、ClassicAsianPhilosophy:AGuidetotheEssentialTextsJoelJ.KuppermanOXFORDUNIVERSITYPRESSClassicAsianPhilosophyThispageintentionallyleftblankCLASSICASIANPHILOSOPHYAGuidetotheEssentialTextsJoelJ.Kupperman120013OxfordNewYorkAthensAucklandBangkokBogotáBuenosAiresCalcuttaCapeTownChennaiDare
2、sSalaamDelhiFlorenceHongKongIstanbulKarachiKualaLumpurMadridMelbourneMexicoCityMumbaiNairobiParisSãoPauloShanghaiSingaporeTaipeiTokyoTorontoWarsawandassociatedcompaniesinBerlinIbadanCopyright©2001byJoelJ.KuppermanPublishedbyOxfordUniversityPress,Inc.198MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NewYork
3、10016OxfordisaregisteredtrademarkofOxfordUniversityPressAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recordingorotherwise,withoutthepriorpermissionofOxfordUniversityPress.Lib
4、raryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataKupperman,Joel.ClassicAsianphilosophy:aguidetotheessentialtexts/byJoelJ.Kupperman.p.cm.Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.ISBN0-19-513334-X—ISBN0-19-513335-8(pbk.)1.Philosophy,Asian.2.Asia—Religion.I.Title.B121.K852000181—dc2100-020
5、488135798642PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaonacid-freepaperprefaceThisbookgrowsoutofaperceivedneed.Therehasbeenin-creasedinterestinAsianphilosophy.OnemanifestationistheprofusionoftranslationsofAsiantexts,aswellasofbooksthatex-plorethemesconnectedwiththoseofAsianphilosophy.Thela
6、tter,however,donotincludeanythingthatamountstoaclearandstraight-forwardaccountkeyedtowhatthemostwidelyknownAsianclassicsareabout.Theintelligentnonspecialistreaderwhowandersintothisareawillneedabetterguidethananythingcurrentlyavailable.Alsoinneedofaguideareteachersofphilosophyandthe
7、irstudents,whocanuseorientationiftheyaretoexploreanyAsianphilosophicalworkinmuchthesamespiritastheyexploreclassictextsofWesternphilosophy.TheneedisintensifiedbythedifficultiesthatmanyclassicAsiantextspresenttoreaderscomingfromtheoutside.Initiallyonemightsupposethatthequestionsbeingas
8、kedaremuchthesameasthosefa