
Research Interests:
- Chinese Confucianism
- Virtue Ethics
- Moral Sentimentalism
Bio:
Educational Background
MA, Chinese Philosophy, Wuhan University (1988)
BA, Moral Education, Anhui Normative University (1982)
Research Projects
- “Studies on Chinse Confucian Moral Sentimentalism,” funded by the National Social Science Foundation (China), 2012.6—2016.12
- “Studies on Chinese Confucian Virtue Ethics,” funded by the PRC Ministry of Education Planning Research Projects on Humanities and Social Sciences, 2011.11—2014.12
- “Studies on Eastern and Western Views of Hornor/Shame and Their Contemporary Values,” a sub-project of the Major Project of “Researches on Socialist View of Honor/Shame and Moral Education in Middle and Primary Schools,” entrusted by the Ministry of Education of China, 2006.10—2009.12
Journal Articles
- “On Mohist Doctrine of Denouncing Aggressive Warfare and the Doctrine of Universal Love: A Global Perspective Approach,” Studies in Ethics, No. 1, 2015
- “An Analysis of the Thoughts of Philosophy of Art in Xun Zi’s Discourse on Music,” Jianghai Academic Journal, No. 5, 2015
- “A New Interpretation of Wang Yang-ming’s Theory of Universal Mind,” Philosophical Researches, No. 12, 2012
- “On Mencius’s Moral Sentimentalism,” The History of Chinese Philosophy (Quarterly), No. 4, 2012
- “Life or Moral Obligation?,” Studies in Ethics, No. 5, 2008
- “Chinese Traditional Views of Honor and Shame and Their Contemporary Values,” Guangming Daily, June 12, 2006
- “A Probe of Wang Fuzhi’s Theory of Humanity,” The History of Chinese Philosophy (Quarterly), No. 4, 1996
- “Confucius’s Theory of the ‘Unity of Benevolence and Wisdom’ and Its Modern Value,” Journal of Nanjing Normal University (social science edition), No. 2, 1996
- “On Dong Zhongshu’s Doctrine of ‘Bildung Becomes Humanity’,” Confucius Studies, No. 3, 1995
- “Zen’s ‘One’s Conscience’ and Wang Yang-ming’s Doctrine of the ‘Innate Knowledge of Conscience’,” Social Science Front, No. 6, 1994
- “A Reading of Meng Peiyuan’s Category System of Neo-Confucianism,” Philosophical Researches, No. 4, 1994
- “On Zhang Zai’s Doctrine of ‘Internalizing Knowledge of Ritual Principles’,” Philosophical Researches, No. 4, 1989
Books
- (Co-authored, 1/2) Western and Chinese Philosophical Foundations of the Ideas of Honor and Shame, People’s Publishing House, 2010
Academic Title
Member of Executive Committee of Jiangsu Province Confucianism Association
Contact
+86-25-85891520
shaoxianxia@njnu.edu.cn