Acknowledgements
PREFACE
WAR, HARMONY AND GOVERNANCE
1．No More Hiroshimas and Sharp Weapons
2．The Anti-War Philosophyin Early Daoism
3．The Confuaan Virtue ofRen in Social Relationships
4．A Harmonious Societyin a Harmony-conscious Culture
5．Reconsidering Harmonism in China Today
6．Humane Governance and Pragmatic Reason
7．Efficient Governance via Synthetic Transformation
WISDOM, EDUCATION AND POLITICS
8．The Allegorical Exposition ofthe Psyche
9．Poetic Wisdomin the Myth ofEr
10．The Psycho-paideia Mythos and the Platonic Philosopher
11．rlhe Theatrocracy and Corrupted Democracy
12．The Mixed Polity for the Second Best City-State
13．Plato's Lawgivers as Serious Poets
ART, CREATION AND AESTHETIC
14．Art Education with Social Commitment
15．The Platonic Mimesis and the Chinese Moxie
16．Waterscape Aestheticin Chinese Vision
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