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  1. Zhuangzi and the Nature of Metaphor.Kim-Chong Chong - 2006 - Philosophy East and West 56 (3):370 - 391.
    While it is well known that Zhuangzi uses metaphor extensively, there is much less appreciation of the role that it plays in his thought-a topic that is investigated in this essay. At the same time, this investigation is closely concerned with questions about the nature of metaphor. Comparisons are made between a central metaphorical structure in the Zhuangzi on the one hand and contemporary views of the nature of metaphor by Donald Davidson and by Lakoff and Johnson on the other. (...)
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    5. Mengzi and Gaozi on Nei and Wai.Kim-Chong Chong - 2002 - In Alan K. L. Chan (ed.), Mencius: Contexts and Interpretations. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 103-125.
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    The concept of Zhen 真 in the zhuangzi.Kim-Chong Chong - 2011 - Philosophy East and West 61 (2):324-346.
    The term zhen 真 in the Zhuangzi 莊子 is commonly associated with the zhen ren 真人 or "true person." We find metaphorical descriptions such as that he can go through fire and water unharmed. On the other hand, some scholars would claim that there is a more mystical element to the Zhuangzi that is missed if we think that such descriptions are "merely" metaphorical. However, the term zhen is not only applied to the zhen ren, and this essay has the (...)
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  4. Xunzi's Systematic Critique of Mencius.Kim-Chong Chong - 2003 - Philosophy East and West 53 (2):215 - 233.
    Some commentators hold that Xunzi's criticism of Mencius' thesis that human nature is good depends more on Xunzi's definition of xing or nature than on substantive argument. Some also claim that Xunzi is committed to accepting Mencius' thesis. A more precise account of Xunzi's critique is offered here, based on an elaboration of his distinction in the "Xing e pian" between ke yi (capacity) and neng (ability). Others have noted this distinction, but no one has sufficiently appreciated its role in (...)
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  5. Woodworker Qing : Matching heaven with heaven.Kim-Chong Chong - 2019 - In Karyn Lai & Wai Wai Chiu (eds.), Skill and Mastery Philosophical Stories from the Zhuangzi. Rowman and Littlefield International.
     
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  6. Autonomy in the analects.Kim-Chong Chong - 2003 - In Kim Chong Chong, Sor-Hoon Tan & C. L. Ten (eds.), The Moral Circle and the Self: Chinese and Western Approaches. Open Court.
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    Egoism, Desires, and Friendship.Kim-Chong Chong - 1984 - American Philosophical Quarterly 21 (4):349 - 357.
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    Xunzi and the essentialist mode of thinking on human nature.Kim-Chong Chong - 2008 - Journal of Chinese Philosophy 35 (1):63–78.
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    The practice of Jen.Kim-Chong Chong - 1999 - Philosophy East and West 49 (3):298-316.
    Under Mencius' influence jen has been regarded as part of a theory of nature. As such, commentators have had difficulty resolving the apparent paradox in "Analects" 9.1 that Confucius rarely talked about jen. No paradox arises if jen is seen as a practice involving self-cultivation as a never-ending task and the immediacy of ethical commitment where a cluster of emotions, attitudes, and values are expressed. Jen is an ethical orientation from which one speaks and acts--not particular qualities that one might (...)
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    Ritual transformation—Xunzi’s response to Mozi in the Lilun Pian.Kim-Chong Chong - unknown
    It is well known that Mozi criticizes the ritual practices of the Ru for being wasteful. However, another criticism has been less appreciated: These practices are merely conventional habituations and violate the Ru’s own moral ideals of ren 仁 , yi 義 and xiao 孝 . Xunzi responds to both criticisms in the Li Lun Pian 禮論篇 . Based on an account of Mozi’s arguments and Xunzi’s replies, this essay discusses the significance of ritual transformation in Xunzi’s moral philosophy.
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    Altruism and the Avoidance of Solipsism.Kim-Chong Chong - 1989 - Philosophical Inquiry 11 (3-4):18-26.
  12. A.S. Cua, Moral Vision and Tradition (Washington D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press), 1998. 357 pages. Hardback. Cost: $66.95. ISBN: 0-8 132-0890-4. [REVIEW]Kim-Chong Chong - 1999 - Journal of Chinese Philosophy 26 (3):397-405.
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  13. Book Review. [REVIEW]Kim-Chong Chong - 2009 - Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 8:337-340.
     
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  14. Classical Confucianism (ii) : Meng Zi and Xun Zi.Kim-Chong Chong - 2008 - In Bo Mou (ed.), Routledge History of Chinese Philosophy. Routledge.
     
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    Xunzi and the essentialist mode of thinking on human nature.Kim-Chong Chong - 2008 - Journal of Chinese Philosophy 35 (1):63-78.
    In his essay “Philosophy of Human Nature,” Antonio Cua argues that the term “bad” in Xunzi’s statement that “Human nature is bad” is to be taken in a consequential sense. This goes against a common tendency to read the Xunzi in what I refer to as the essentialist mode of thinking. In this paper, I show how it is that the consequential reading of “bad” and other features that Professor Cua describes offer a significant understanding of Xunzi’s position as a (...)
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  16. Raymond Aron, The Dawn of Universal History. New York: Basic Books, 2003, 518 pp.(indexed). ISBN 0-465-00408-3, $22.00 (pb). Linda A. Bell, Beyond the Margins: Reflections of a Feminist Philosopher. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2003, 245 pp.(indexed). ISBN 0-7914-5904-7, $17.95 (pb). [REVIEW]E. Christian Brugger, Stella Chen, Carrie E. Reed, Cao Yuqing, Kim-Chong Chong, Sor-Hoon Tan & C. L. Ten - 2004 - Journal of Value Inquiry 38:433-435.
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    Behuniak jr., James, mencius on becoming human.Kim-Chong Chong - 2009 - Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 8 (3):337-340.
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    Zorba: Justifying ethical egoism. [REVIEW]Kim-Chong Chong - 1996 - Journal of Value Inquiry 30 (1-2):325-328.
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    A Reevaluation of Xunzi’s Moral Theory from the Aspect of Mind.Chung-Ying Cheng, Roger T. Ames, Vincent Shen, Kim-Chong Chong, Paul R. Goldin, Karyn L. Lai & Tan Mingran - 2008 - Journal of Chinese Philosophy 35 (1):121-138.
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  20. Zhuangzi and the Issue of Human Nature.Kim-Chong Chong - forthcoming - Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy:1-18.
    The issue of human nature or xing 性 was a major philosophical topic of the mid- and late-Warring States period of ancient China. It was famously discussed, for example, in the Mencius. Zhuangzi 莊子 lived around the same time as Mencius and one might expect that he, too, would have discussed it. Surprisingly, the term xing is absent from the Inner Chapters of the Zhuangzi. There have been different responses to this, namely, that Zhuangzi: used different terms equivalent to xing; (...)
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