Includes bibliographical references and index.

The growth of humanism -- The humanism of Confucius -- Idealistic Confucianism: Mencius -- Moral and social programs: the Great Learning -- Spiritual dimensions: the Doctrine of the Mean -- Naturalistic Confucianism: Hsün Tzu -- The natural way of Lao Tzu -- The mystical way of Chuang Tzu -- Mo Tzu's doctrines of universal love, heaven, and social welfare -- Debates on metaphysical concepts: the Logicians -- The Yin Yang school -- Legalism -- The philosophy of change -- Yin Yang Confucianism: Dong Zhongshu -- Taoistic Confucianism: Yang Hsiung -- The naturalism of Wang Ch'ung -- The Taoism of Huai-nan Tzu -- Negative Taoism in the Lieh Tzu -- Neo-Taoism -- The seven early Buddhist schools -- Seng-chao's doctrine of reality.

The Philosophy of Emptiness: Chi-tsang of the Three-Treatise School -- Buddhist idealism: Hsüan-tsang of the Consciousness-Only School -- The T'ien-t'ai Philosophy of Perfect Harmony -- The One-and-All Philosophy: Fa-tsang of the Hua-yen School -- The Zen (Ch'an) School of Sudden Enlightenment -- The revival of Confucianism: Han Yü and Li Ao -- The Neo-Confucian metaphysics -- The numerical and objective tendencies in Shao Yung -- Chang Tsai's philosophy of material force -- The idealistic tendency in Ch'eng Hao -- The rationalistic tendency in Ch'eng I -- The unity of mind and principle in Lu Hsiang-shan -- The great synthesis in Chu Hsi.

Dynamic idealism in Wang Yangming -- The materialism of Wang Fu-chih -- Practical Confucianism in Yen Yüan -- Tai Chen's Philosophy of Principle as Order -- K'ang Yu-wei's Philosophy of Great Unity -- The Philosophy of Humanity (Jen) in T'an Ssu-t'ung -- Chang Tung-sun's Theory of Knowledge -- The New Rationalistic Confucianism: Fung-Yu-lan -- The New Idealistic Confucianism: Hsiung Shih-li -- Chinese philosophy in Communist China.