Liu (Chinese literature and philosophy, Academia Sinica, Taiwan) believes there are three epochs in Confucian philosophy, and having written about the first two... » 

Liu (Chinese literature and philosophy, Academia Sinica, Taiwan) believes there are three epochs in Confucian philosophy, and having written about the first two in an earlier book, he here continues his account by discussing the third. He begins by explaining how a paradigm shift from the late Ming to the early Ch'ing brought about the end of Sung- «