Zhao Tingyang
Introduction '''Zhao Tingyang''' (; born 1961 in Guangdong, China) is a political philosopher credited with modernising the ancient Chinese concept of Tianxia.
Biography Zhao Tingyang graduated from Renmin University of China and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and is now a professor in the Institute of Philosophy at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and is a senior fellow of Peking University Berggruen Research Institute. He was also a Pusey Distinguished Fellow at the Harvard–Yenching Institute in 2013.His works are mainly on metaphilosophy, ethics and political philosophy.In 2005, he published ''The Tianxia System: An Introduction to the Philosophy of a World Institution''. His book ''Investigations of the Bad World: Political Philosophy as First Philosophy'' was published in 2009.According to Zhao's reconstruction of the ''tianxia'' system, ''tianxia'' presupposed "inclusion of all" and implied acceptance of the world's diversities, emphasizing harmonious reciprocal dependence and ruled by virtue as a means for lasting peace.
Bibliography === Books ===*''On Possible Life'', 1994, 2004*''One or All Problem'', 1998*''The World without a World-view'', 2003*''The Tianxia System: An Introduction to the Philosophy of a World Institution'' (Chinese Edition: 2005). ; ''All under Heaven: The Tianxia System for a Possible World Order.'' Berkeley: University of California Press. English Edition (2021). ISBN  9780520325029*''Investigations of the Bad World: Political Philosophy as First Philosophy'', 2009*''First Philosophy: From Cogito to Facio'', 2012*''Contemporary Chinese Political Thought: Debates and Perspectives''===Selected academic articles===*Zhao Tingyang. 2012.‘The Ontology of Coexistence: From Cogito to Facio’. ''Diogenes'' 57:4, (228): 27-36*Zhao Tingyang and Yan Xin. 2008.The Self and the Other: An Unanswered Question in Confucian Theory. ''Frontiers of Philosophy in China'' 3, (2): 163-176*Zhao Tingyang. 2009.Ontology of Coexistence. ''Diogenes'' 228, (4): 35-49*Zhao Tingyang. 2009.A Political World Philosophy in terms of All-under-Heaven (tian-xia). ''Diogenes'' 56, (1): 5–18, 140*Zhao Tingyang. 2006.Rethinking Empire from a Chinese Concept 'All-under-Heaven' (tian-xia). ''Social identities'' 12, (1): 29-41*Zhao Tingyang. 2007.‘“Credit Human Rights”: A Non-western Theory of Universal Human Rights’. ''Social sciences in China'' XXVIII, (1): 14-26*Zhao Tingyang. 2005.On the Best Possible Golden Rule. ''Social sciences in China'' XXVI, (4): 12-22
References
External links * Zhao's Web Page* The Implications of "Tianxia" as a New World System (US-China Institute)