PrefaceLi ZehouAcknowledgementsIntroductionSection I Nature and Human Existence1 A Rediscovery of Heaven-and-Human OnenessThe Three-fold SignificanceThe Two-dimensional OrientationA Pragmatic Alternative 2 Laozi on the Dao of Human ExistenceFrame of Reference: The Dao of Man, Heaven and the SagePursuiL of Sageliness: Practical and Sagely WisdomPath to Freedom: Attitudes toward Life and Death3 Zhuangzi's Way of Thinking through FablesThe Peng and Happy Excursion to the InfiniteThe Butterfly and Self-emancipation4 Poetic Wisdom in Zen EnlightenmentRevelations from Natural ScenesNatural Spontaneity as a Psychical PathA Poetic Way of Zen EnlightenmentThe Realm of SEInyat~ as BeautySection II Harmony, Governance, and Warfare5 Harmonization without Being Patternized The Meeting of East and West as a Good-natured Hypothesis Harmony and Uniformity in PerspectiveThe Need of a New PhitosoplTos Poiesis 6 Humane Governance and Pragmatic Reasori Rule of Law as the Fundamental Basis Wise Leadership of Crucial NecessityThe Pragmatic Reason in Question7 No More Hiroshimas and Sharp WeaponsA Poetic Reflection after HiroshimaA Philosophical Pondering over Sharp WeaponsSection III Morality, Art, and Aesthetics8 Confucius' Expectation of PoetryPoetry as a Social Discourse Sui GenerisPoetry as an Aesthetic Discourse Sui GenerisPoetry as a Moral Discourse Sui Generis9 Aesthetic Criticism of TransculturalityBeyond East and West: A Transcultural Transformation Aesthetic Education as a Critical Necessity ��Meiyu Shuo�� Art as a Refuge from Suffering ��Jietuo Shuo��Art as Aesthetic Play for Freedom �� Youxi Shuo��The Artist as Creative Genius �� Tiancai Shuo��The Refined as the Second Form ��Guya Shuo��The Theory of Poetic State par Excellence �� Jing]ie Shuo �� 10 The Theory of Art as SedimentationArt as SedimentationA Critical ConsiderationA Methodological Reflection11 Appreciating Nature in View of Practical AestheticsThree Levels of Aesthetic ExperienceAesthetic Effects of Heaven-and-Human OnenessSelected BibliographyGlossary