Contents
List of figures pag e ix
List of tables x
List of contributor s xi
Prefa ce xv
Acknow ledgment s xvii
Intr oductio n: The diver sity and dynamism of Chi nese
phil osophie s on leadership 1
Chao-chua n Chen and Yueh -ting Le ePa rt I The Conf ucian found ations1 The Conf ucian and Mencian phil osophy of benevol ent
leade rship 31
Xin-hu i Yan g, Yan -qin Peng, and Yueh-t ing Lee
2 Bridgi ng Confucia nism and Legal ism: Xunzi’s philosop hy
of sage-k ingship 51
Yan-qin Peng, Chao-chuan Chen, and Xin-hui Yang
Pa rt II Alter native traditio nal Chin ese leadershi p
phil osophie s3 Daoi st leadershi p: theory and applicat ion 83
Yueh -ting Lee, Ai-guo Han, Tammy K. Byron, and
Hong-xia Fan
4 Lead ership theory of Legal ism an d its funct ion in
Conf ucian soci ety 108
Kwang-kuo Hwang
5 Strat egic leadership of Sunzi in the Art of war 143
Hai-fa Sun,Chao-chuan Chen, and Shi-he Zhang
vii