Winnie Sung
Biographic Data
| ID | 3602110 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Winnie Sung |
| GIVEN NAMES | Winnie |
| FAMILY NAME | Sung |
| SIGNATURE | SUNG W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nanyang Technological University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3938-9255 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Thinning Out Ritual, Diluting Identity
Kim’s book is rich with thought-provoking ideas that are relevant to contemporary societies. I focus on its discussion of the “pluralism dilemma” and Kim’s appeal to “public reason Confucianism” as a response. The pluralism dilemma is the dilemma that a Confucian democratic theory has to meet both “the pluralist demand” and “the Confucian demand” (70). While the “Confucian” part of the theory is supposed to prefer Confucian doctrines over other d…
Epistemic Blinkering
Professor Chris Fraser’s Late Classical Chinese Thought focuses on the period from the high point of Jixia Academy to Lu Buwei’s sponsorship of scholarship. Fraser skillfully maintains a delicate balance between introducing a difficult text to a general audience and delving into a complex philosophical topic. For the general audience, Fraser introduces key issues discussed in the late classical texts and presents them on equal footing with some o…
Moral Companion ( You 友) and Moral Relish
Professor Chenyang Li’s Reshaping Confucianism reconstructs Confucian philosophical views on a wide range of interesting and important topics. In this article, I will focus on Li’s discussion of friendship in Chapter 6 of his book. Li attempts to draw on resources from Confucian philosophy to address the fungibility problem in philosophy of friendship
The Early Confucian Worry about Yuan (Resentment)
Li, Qing , and Ethical Transformation in the Xunzi
This paper analyses the connection between knowing Dao and ethical transformation in Xunzi’s thought. While there have been many discussions concerning what Dao is and how one may come to Dao, there has not been sufficient attention on how knowing Dao leads to ethical transformation. In Section 2, I explicate Xunzi’s concept of bi 蔽 (obscurity) and suggests that one’s not knowing Dao has to do with a certain problematic state of the heart/mind. I…
Mencius and Xunzi on Xing (Human Nature)
This article introduces and analyses the debate between Mencius and Xunzi on xing 性 (human nature). While Mencius claims that xing is good, Xunzi claims that xing is bad. A common way of interpreting these two different claims is to determine the scope of xing. It is generally agreed that, for Mencius, it is the heart/mind that falls within the scope of xing, for Xunzi, the sensory desires. This article also explores a different way of approachin…
Ritual in the Xunzi
Yu in the Xunzi
Mencius and Xunzi on Xing (Human Nature)
This article introduces and analyses the debate between Mencius and Xunzi on xing 性 (human nature). While Mencius claims that xing is good, Xunzi claims that xing is bad. A common way of interpreting these two different claims is to determine the scope of xing. It is generally agreed that, for Mencius, it is the heart/mind that falls within the scope of xing, for Xunzi, the sensory desires. This article also explores a different way of approachin…
Ritual in the Xunzi
Yu in the Xunzi
Mencius and Xunzi on Xing (Human Nature)
This article introduces and analyses the debate between Mencius and Xunzi on xing 性 (human nature). While Mencius claims that xing is good, Xunzi claims that xing is bad. A common way of interpreting these two different claims is to determine the scope of xing. It is generally agreed that, for Mencius, it is the heart/mind that falls within the scope of xing, for Xunzi, the sensory desires. This article also explores a different way of approachin…
Li, Qing , and Ethical Transformation in the Xunzi
This paper analyses the connection between knowing Dao and ethical transformation in Xunzi’s thought. While there have been many discussions concerning what Dao is and how one may come to Dao, there has not been sufficient attention on how knowing Dao leads to ethical transformation. In Section 2, I explicate Xunzi’s concept of bi 蔽 (obscurity) and suggests that one’s not knowing Dao has to do with a certain problematic state of the heart/mind. I…
The Early Confucian Worry about Yuan (Resentment)
Epistemic Blinkering
Professor Chris Fraser’s Late Classical Chinese Thought focuses on the period from the high point of Jixia Academy to Lu Buwei’s sponsorship of scholarship. Fraser skillfully maintains a delicate balance between introducing a difficult text to a general audience and delving into a complex philosophical topic. For the general audience, Fraser introduces key issues discussed in the late classical texts and presents them on equal footing with some o…
Moral Companion ( You 友) and Moral Relish
Professor Chenyang Li’s Reshaping Confucianism reconstructs Confucian philosophical views on a wide range of interesting and important topics. In this article, I will focus on Li’s discussion of friendship in Chapter 6 of his book. Li attempts to draw on resources from Confucian philosophy to address the fungibility problem in philosophy of friendship
Thinning Out Ritual, Diluting Identity
Kim’s book is rich with thought-provoking ideas that are relevant to contemporary societies. I focus on its discussion of the “pluralism dilemma” and Kim’s appeal to “public reason Confucianism” as a response. The pluralism dilemma is the dilemma that a Confucian democratic theory has to meet both “the pluralist demand” and “the Confucian demand” (70). While the “Confucian” part of the theory is supposed to prefer Confucian doctrines over other d…
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