Confucianism (continued)

Neo-Confucianism, 3, 25

New Confucianism, 3, 25

Dao (the Way), x, 3, 8, 14, 20, 23–25, 38–41, 46–47, 49–51, 62, 65–67, 70–71, 74, 83–84, 87–89, 94, 104, 106, 108–109, 114, 117–118, 121, 124, 131–138, 141–148, 152–155, 157–161, 165–166, 173n93, 174n103, 178n162, 178n163, 178n164

de (virtue), x, 19, 21, 24, 32, 41–42, 44–45, 49–50, 56, 60–65, 67, 76–77, 79–82, 84–85, 87–90, 94–95, 101, 103–105, 109–111, 114, 117–118, 131, 136–147, 149, 156–157, 159–160, 169n23, 172n4, 172n84, 172n85, 173n94, 174n103, 179n170, 179n174

destiny (ming), 2, 18–19, 27–29, 53, 54, 78, 118, 124–127, 144–145, 148, 153–154, 158, 178n158

dynamics, 27, 29, 39, 148, 153

entanglement, x, 156

estrangement, x, 144, 148, 155–156, 163

existentialSee also concern, ix, x, xi, 1–4, 17, 20–21, 25–29, 57, 59, 64, 67, 77, 90, 102, 104, 111, 113–114, 117, 123, 128, 144, 148, 150–151, 153–155, 159–160, 163–165, 170n43

reading, ix–xi, 4, 17, 25, 57, 57

predicament, x, 28, 152, 155

theology, x, 26, 154, 159

faith, 23, 31–32, 112, 130–131, 155, 160

finitude, 28

freedom, 4, 27–29, 88, 127, 148, 153–154

God (Lord), x, 26, 57–60, 66–67, 74, 111, 118, 121–122, 129, 131, 144–145, 151–155, 158–159, 163–164, 166, 173n93, 177n147, 179n169, 180n185

harmony, x, 5, 32–33, 37, 66, 70, 81–82, 87, 91, 95–96, 99, 101, 112, 114, 135, 141, 146–147, 149–150, 152, 155–157, 160–161, 163, 165

human affiliation, 31, 79, 110, 171n56

human nature, 16, 66, 79, 85, 111, 132, 154–155, 164, 180n191

Jesus (Christ), 16, 28, 77, 101, 110–111, 120, 150–151, 153, 155, 159–160, 164, 173n93, 177n147, 179n169

junzi (exemplary persons), x, 24, 35, 37–38, 40, 45, 48, 50–51, 53–54, 56, 62–63, 71, 78, 82–83, 85, 97, 105–110, 123, 125–127, 131, 133–136, 142–143, 157, 175n122

Laozi (Daodejing)(Tao Te Ching), 5, 38, 76, 87–89, 131, 137–138, 143, 147, 159, 171n65, 173n94, 174n103, 174n104

li (rites or rituals), x, 7, 34, 38, 41, 45, 50–51, 53, 55, 61, 63, 70–71, 75–76, 79, 81, 85–86, 89, 91–99, 101–103, 105, 108, 111–112, 125, 127, 130, 135, 137, 141, 146, 156, 168n15, 172n79, 175n111, 175n114, 178n159