附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Biographical account: the "Hsing-chuang" -- Self-reflections -- Names and family -- Ways of living: residences, dress, and travel -- Chu Hsi's poverty -- Wine and song; Smiles and anger; Sternness and humor -- Memory, dreams, divination, and popular beliefs -- Traditions and legends about Chu Hsi -- Li and philosophical categories -- T'ai-chi -- Chu Hsi's "Jen-shuo" (Treatise on humanity) -- Chu Hsi on T'ien -- The principle of heaven vs. human desires -- Ming (mandate, destiny, order, fate) -- Substance and function -- The two-wheel pattern -- Chu Hsi and quiet-sitting -- Analogies and diagrams -- Clarification of certain expressions -- The new Tao-t'ung -- Ching-she and pupils -- The Chin-ssu lu -- The Yü-lei, the Yü-shan lecture, the Meng Tzu chi-chu, and the Hsiao-hsüeh -- Chu Hsi and Chang Shih -- Chu Hsi and Lü Tsu-ch'ien -- Chu Hsi and Lu Hsiang-shan -- What Wang Yang-ming thought of Chu Hsi -- Chu Hsi and Taoism -- Chu Hsi and Buddhism -- Chu Hsi's treatment of women -- Shen Chi-tsu's accusations against Chu Hsi -- Chu Hsi and Chin-men (Quemoy) -- Hu Shih and Chu Hsi.