Acknowledgments

Introduction: In Search of Harmony

Section I: Historical and Conceptual Frameworks

Chapter 1: "He (¿)", Concept Cluster of Harmony in Early China

Chapter 2: Music and the Concept of Harmony as Seen in Unearthed Manuscripts

Chapter 3: Active Harmony, Passive Harmony, Freedom, and Domination

Section II: Daoism

4. Divergent Models of Harmony From the Zhuangzi

Chapter 5: "Being Cool with Something (he zhi¿¿):" Conflict Resolution in the Zhuangzi

Chapter 6: Emptying the Body: The Space of Harmonization in Han Daoism

Section III: Confucianism

Chapter 7: Confucian Harmony as Ritual Synchronicity

Chapter 8: Harmony as Hermeneutic Openness: Aesthetic Perspectives on Confucian Harmony

Section IV: Contending Voices of Mohism, Legalism, and Buddhism

Chapter 9: Tong: A Mohist Response to the Confucian Harmony

Chapter 10: The Divergence between the Confucian and Legalist Quest for Harmony

Chapter 11: Harmony and Nature: Thoughts from Laozi and Shen Dao

Chapter 12. Harmony and Paradox: The Tiantai Buddhist View of the "Round/Perfect" (yuan¿)

Section V: Contemporary Discussions

Chapter 13: Reflections on Three Challenges to a Discussion of Harmony

Chapter 14: Meritocracy, Democracy, and Deep Harmony: Toward Democratic Relationality

List of Contributors