Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. The original argument (1): 'Chu Hsi versus Lu Hsiang-shan' (Chu-Lu i T'ung): a philosophical interpretation; 2. The original argument (2): Wang Yang-ming and the problematic of 'Chu Hsi versus Lu Hsiang-shan'; 3. The critical dimension in the Confucian mode of thinking: the conception of the Way as the basis for criticism of the political establishment; 4. Li Fu: an example of the Lu-Wang scholar in the Ch'ing (1): his life; 5. Li Fu: an example of the Lu-Wang scholar in the Ch'ing (2): his thought; 6. Li Fu and the philological turn; 7. The price of having a sage-emperor: the assimilation of the Tradition of the Way by the political establishment in the light of Emperor K'ang-hsi's governance.