Contents -- 1. An Introduction with Work to Do -- The New Perspective and Philosophical Progress -- The Ruling Interpretive Theory -- The Translation Paradigm -- The Fragmented-Schools View -- The Meaning-Change Hypothesis -- Indo-European Theory of Language and Mind -- The Philosophical Worth of Chinese Thought -- The Rehabilitation of Daoism -- Summary -- 2. The Context of Chinese Philosophy: Language and Theory of Language -- Geographical Setting -- Prehistoric Influences -- Language -- The Social Context: Some Conclusions -- Part I: The Positive Dao Period -- 3. Confucius: The Baseline -- The Confucian Analects: Some Preliminary Hypotheses -- The Well-Ordered Society -- Theory of Human Nature -- The Confucian Conceptual Scheme: Dao -- Ren and Confucian Theory of Language -- Miscellaneous Other Topics -- 4. Mozi: Setting the Philosophical Agenda -- Rehabilitation -- Life of Mozi -- Crafts and Guiding, Objective Standards -- The Process of Enculturation -- The Attack on Traditionalism -- The Utilitarian Standard -- The Conceptual Structure of Mozi's Utilitarianism -- The Role of the Natural Urge -- Morality: Motivation and Justification -- Universal Love in Interpersonal Relations -- The Doctrine of Agreement with the Superior -- Miscellaneous Consequences of Utilitarianism -- Reason and Right in The Mozi -- Pragmatics versus Semantics -- Mozi's Theory of Language -- The Three Standards of Language -- Part II: The Antilanguage Period -- 5. Mencius: The Establishment Strikes Back -- Background: The Double Challenge to Confucianism -- Mencius' Philosophical Calling -- Mencius' Theory of Moral Psychology -- Reflections on Mencius' Moral Psychology -- Mencius' Attitude toward Language and the Heart-Mind -- Mencius' Lasting Influence -- 6. Laozi: Language and Society -- Theoretical Interpretation -- The Text of the Daode Jing.

Historical Background of Daoism -- Laozi: Nonlife and Tradition -- The First Chapter: The Interpretation -- Reversal of Opposites in the Daode Jing -- Primitive Daoism: Mysticism and Mencius -- Part III: The Analytic Period -- 7. The School of Names: Linguistic Analysis in China -- The Neo-Mohist Text: Importance and Problems -- The Realist Move -- Strings and Reference: Extending the System -- Ethics and Realist Language -- Neo-Mohist Epistemology -- Neo-Mohist Logic -- Gongsun Long: The Defense of Confucian Language -- Hui Shi's Paradoxes-The World Is One -- Summary: The School of Names -- 8. Zhuangzi: Discriminating about Discriminating -- An Interpretive Manifesto -- Zhuangzi's Place in the Pre-Han Dialogue -- Zhuangzi: Textual and Historical Issues -- Language and Its Adequacy -- The Refutation of Mencius -- The Refutation of the Neo-Mohists -- The Refutation of Absolute Monism (Primitive Daoism) -- Dreaming and Skepticism in Zhuangzi -- Science and the Division of Fact and Value -- Practical Advice -- Part IV: The Authoritarian Response -- 9. Xunzi: Pragmatic Confucianism -- The Interpretive Dilemma -- Xunzi's Intellectual Influences -- Outline of Xunzi's Thought -- New Rectifying Names -- Is Human Nature Evil? -- Philosophy of Heart-Mind -- 10. Han Feizi: The Ruler's Interpretation -- Han Feizi's Life and the Ruling Image -- Confucian Rule of Man and Western Rule of Law -- Historical Survey of Statecraft in China -- Language and the Danger of Interpretive Anarchy -- Authoritarian Daoism -- The Aftermath -- Notes -- Glossary of Chinese Characters -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.