Tao Jiang
@taojiangscholar.bsky.social
Prof of Classical Chinese Phil & Mahāyāna Buddhist Phil at Rutgers Univ, New Brunswick, NJ, US; Books: "Origins of Moral-Political Philosophy in Early China"; "Yogācāra Buddhism and Modern Psychology on Subliminal Mind" amzn.to/3bzJ2qU
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An important reminder to all the conference attendees🤣
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
An important reminder to all the conference attendees🤣
Oxford Handbook of Chinese Philosophy, a decade in making, is finally out! I contribute a chapter, "When Buddha Nature Was Not Buddha Nature: Fo’xing, Shen, and the Birth of a Universal Mind in Early Medieval China." Abstract is attached. Here's the link to the book: academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
May 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Oxford Handbook of Chinese Philosophy, a decade in making, is finally out! I contribute a chapter, "When Buddha Nature Was Not Buddha Nature: Fo’xing, Shen, and the Birth of a Universal Mind in Early Medieval China." Abstract is attached. Here's the link to the book: academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Woke up this morning, still full of joy and gratitude to all the friends coming from all over the world to participate in this year's Rutgers Workshop on Chinese Philosophy. We got to enjoy each other's company while indulging ourselves in debating the finer points of classical Chinese philosophy.
April 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Woke up this morning, still full of joy and gratitude to all the friends coming from all over the world to participate in this year's Rutgers Workshop on Chinese Philosophy. We got to enjoy each other's company while indulging ourselves in debating the finer points of classical Chinese philosophy.
This year's Rutgers Workshop on Chinese philosophy will be a two-day in-person conference, "Moral Conflict in Early Chinese Philosophy," on Thursday and Friday next week, April 10-11. Everybody is welcome, but registration is required. Here's the link for details:
rccs.rutgers.edu/events/event...
rccs.rutgers.edu/events/event...
April 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This year's Rutgers Workshop on Chinese philosophy will be a two-day in-person conference, "Moral Conflict in Early Chinese Philosophy," on Thursday and Friday next week, April 10-11. Everybody is welcome, but registration is required. Here's the link for details:
rccs.rutgers.edu/events/event...
rccs.rutgers.edu/events/event...
Beautiful meditation: "To become old is to become 'other' to oneself, 'other' to one’s friends and family, to one’s world. Losses have broken up familiar boundaries, violated definitions, revealed unsuspected landscapes, opened ways of thinking and feeling previously unimagined."
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Suddenly Old, Suddenly the Other: On the Unfamiliar World of Aging
All at once and much to my surprise, I am old. I did not expect it, and it is not what I expected. The world in which I worked, struggled, dreamed, and loved now regards me quite differently than i…
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April 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Beautiful meditation: "To become old is to become 'other' to oneself, 'other' to one’s friends and family, to one’s world. Losses have broken up familiar boundaries, violated definitions, revealed unsuspected landscapes, opened ways of thinking and feeling previously unimagined."
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Toronto philosophers! Tomorrow (Mar 18, 6-8pm), you can come to UofT, JHB 100, for our workshop on **How to integrate Chinese and Sanskrit philosophy into your teaching**. In addition to wisdom, we're serving some nice Thai food for dinner!
Details here: sites.google.com/view/globalp...
Details here: sites.google.com/view/globalp...
Other Epistemic Achievements
Various philosophical traditions, east and west, offer rich and alternative ways of theorizing about varieties of epistemic achievements and virtues. To explore this approach, we aim to bring experts...
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March 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Toronto philosophers! Tomorrow (Mar 18, 6-8pm), you can come to UofT, JHB 100, for our workshop on **How to integrate Chinese and Sanskrit philosophy into your teaching**. In addition to wisdom, we're serving some nice Thai food for dinner!
Details here: sites.google.com/view/globalp...
Details here: sites.google.com/view/globalp...
During a quick trip to Toronto several days ago, we had a chance to visit the famous Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) near University of Toronto. ROM has a rather impressive collection of Chinese art. Definitely worth a look.
March 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
During a quick trip to Toronto several days ago, we had a chance to visit the famous Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) near University of Toronto. ROM has a rather impressive collection of Chinese art. Definitely worth a look.
I almost forgot how impressive NYC can be, especially from high above. Had brunch with friends at Dim Sum Palace in Chinatown. Dragon dancers came into the restaurant! Loads of fun!
February 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I almost forgot how impressive NYC can be, especially from high above. Had brunch with friends at Dim Sum Palace in Chinatown. Dragon dancers came into the restaurant! Loads of fun!
Attending a Conference on Agency and Experience at Princeton right now. It brings together scholars of Buddhist philosophy, cognitive science, and others in a series of fascinating conversations. Jay Garfield is speaking right now on the primacy of experience.
January 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Attending a Conference on Agency and Experience at Princeton right now. It brings together scholars of Buddhist philosophy, cognitive science, and others in a series of fascinating conversations. Jay Garfield is speaking right now on the primacy of experience.
Drove to Philadelphia this evening amidst a bit of snow flurry to watch a fabulous performance of Tchaikovsky’s piano concerto no.1 by the one and only Wang Yuja with Philadelphia Orchestra. Dinner at a decent Sichuan restaurant, Emei, in Chinatown before the show. All in all, a wonderful evening.
January 17, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Drove to Philadelphia this evening amidst a bit of snow flurry to watch a fabulous performance of Tchaikovsky’s piano concerto no.1 by the one and only Wang Yuja with Philadelphia Orchestra. Dinner at a decent Sichuan restaurant, Emei, in Chinatown before the show. All in all, a wonderful evening.
讲粤语的朋友如果对哲学感兴趣，我推荐“好青年荼毒室”。他们在YouTube、Instagram 、Facebook上都有自己的平台，由非常优秀的青年哲学家和爱好者主持，非常活跃。视频有中文字幕。
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Oxg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Oxg...
先秦諸子的政道：修身齊家治國平天下抑或大公無私？【what7iread #15】
YouTube video by 好青年荼毒室
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January 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
讲粤语的朋友如果对哲学感兴趣，我推荐“好青年荼毒室”。他们在YouTube、Instagram 、Facebook上都有自己的平台，由非常优秀的青年哲学家和爱好者主持，非常活跃。视频有中文字幕。
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Oxg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Oxg...
Had a quick trip to China with an overnight stay in Hong Kong, which gave me a chance to visit the giant Buddha not too far from the HK airport. The 20-minute cable car ride to the big Buddha was quite amazing as well.
January 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Had a quick trip to China with an overnight stay in Hong Kong, which gave me a chance to visit the giant Buddha not too far from the HK airport. The 20-minute cable car ride to the big Buddha was quite amazing as well.
I feel seen and relieved!😅
“In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all.” Iris Murdoch.
December 31, 2024 at 9:11 AM
I feel seen and relieved!😅
All I want for Christmas is to be done with the page proof.
December 25, 2024 at 1:52 PM
All I want for Christmas is to be done with the page proof.
This looks like an amazing conference. Registered!
Conference at Princeton organized by my colleague, Jonathan Gold and @princetonccsr.bsky.social, on the conversation between Buddhist philosophy and cognitive science on January 16–17, 2025.
agencyandexperience.ccsr.princeton.edu
agencyandexperience.ccsr.princeton.edu
Agency And Experience
agencyandexperience.ccsr.princeton.edu
December 18, 2024 at 2:03 PM
This looks like an amazing conference. Registered!
Going to a live concert this evening in Brooklyn by Jonathan Lee 李宗盛, by far our favorite song writer-singer in the Chinese-speaking world. So excited to see him performing in person for the first time. Will probably hymn along as we can sing most of his songs! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVEM...
Jonathan Lee李宗盛 [ 山丘 ] Official Music Video
YouTube video by 相信音樂BinMusic
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December 14, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Going to a live concert this evening in Brooklyn by Jonathan Lee 李宗盛, by far our favorite song writer-singer in the Chinese-speaking world. So excited to see him performing in person for the first time. Will probably hymn along as we can sing most of his songs! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVEM...
When I ask students to write about their experiences through the lens of dependent origination, some lament the helplessness and sadness due to lack of control and autonomy the assignment makes them realize while others express appreciation of connections with others and a sense of relief. Amazing!
November 15, 2024 at 7:06 PM
When I ask students to write about their experiences through the lens of dependent origination, some lament the helplessness and sadness due to lack of control and autonomy the assignment makes them realize while others express appreciation of connections with others and a sense of relief. Amazing!
In my Buddhist Phil class I asked students to write about their proudest achievement and use dependent arising to examine the conditions that made it possible. A student wrote about the help from their mother, grandma, and a dear friend. They wrote them to thank them as a result of this assignment.❤️
November 14, 2024 at 2:04 PM
In my Buddhist Phil class I asked students to write about their proudest achievement and use dependent arising to examine the conditions that made it possible. A student wrote about the help from their mother, grandma, and a dear friend. They wrote them to thank them as a result of this assignment.❤️
Prague the beautiful, even under a severe raining condition. In town for the SACP annual meeting.
September 15, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Prague the beautiful, even under a severe raining condition. In town for the SACP annual meeting.
Dao Companion to China's fa Tradition: The Philosophy of Governance by Impartial Standards, edited by Yuri Pines, was just published. It has 23 chapters, plus the editor's masterful intro. Almost 700 pages! I contributed a chapter on the Legalists and the Mohists. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Dao Companion to China’s fa Tradition
This edited volume is the most comprehensive study of fa traditions in any language. It presents the history of fa ideas and their continuous relevance. It is a refreshing take on an intellectual cu...
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August 16, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Dao Companion to China's fa Tradition: The Philosophy of Governance by Impartial Standards, edited by Yuri Pines, was just published. It has 23 chapters, plus the editor's masterful intro. Almost 700 pages! I contributed a chapter on the Legalists and the Mohists. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Happy Mother’s Day, mom, wherever you are now. Really miss you💔❤️
May 12, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Happy Mother’s Day, mom, wherever you are now. Really miss you💔❤️
Have never seen this one before. Wonder where they put the dead waste.🤔 Sometimes these literal translations might even be inspiring, taking us to unexpected places.😂
April 20, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Have never seen this one before. Wonder where they put the dead waste.🤔 Sometimes these literal translations might even be inspiring, taking us to unexpected places.😂
A fun Closer To Truth segment on how the Buddhists introduced a new problem into the Chinese intellectual/spiritual lives and offered a solution. The stories of the historical transformation of Buddhisms in China and Buddhist transformations of China remain to be told.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=LW21...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=LW21...
February 16, 2024 at 2:28 PM
A fun Closer To Truth segment on how the Buddhists introduced a new problem into the Chinese intellectual/spiritual lives and offered a solution. The stories of the historical transformation of Buddhisms in China and Buddhist transformations of China remain to be told.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=LW21...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=LW21...