Zhao Tingyang

Zhao Tingyang (simplified Chinese: 赵汀阳; traditional Chinese: 趙汀陽; pinyin: Zhào Tīngyáng; born 1961 in Guangdong, China) is a political philosopher credited with modernising the ancient Chinese concept of Tianxia.^[1][2] He argues that the concept of a new Tianxia or all-under-heaven can offer an alternative blueprint for creating a more peaceful and inclusive world.^[3]

Zhao Tingyang Fellow
赵汀阳
Born	Guangdong, China
Nationality	Chinese
Alma mater	Renmin University of China, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Notable work	"The Tianxia System: An Introduction to the Philosophy of a World Institution"
Era	Modern
Region	China
Institutions	Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Peking University Berggruen Research Institute
Main interests	Tianxia, Focal points, Compossibility
Website	web.archive.org/web/20081015125204/http://think.blog.enorth.com.cn/article/285731.shtml

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.^[1][4]

His works are mainly on metaphilosophy, ethics and political philosophy.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[5]

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). ISBN 978-7-300-14265-4^[6]
• All under Heaven: The Tianxia System for a Possible World Order. Berkeley: University of California Press. English Edition (2021). IISBN 978-0-520-32502-9
• 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^[7]

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^[8]

References

1. "Zhao Tingyang - People". Berggruen Institute. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
2. "The Tianxia System | China Heritage Quarterly". www.chinaheritagequarterly.org. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
3. Yang, Xiao Alvin (2021-07-03). "Redefining a Philosophy for World Governance: Written by Zhao, Tingyang, Translated by Tao, Liqing, Singapore, Palgrave Pivot, 2019, XVII, 68 pp., Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5970-5". Journal of Chinese Governance. 6 (3): 460–462. doi:10.1080/23812346.2021.1875677. ISSN 2381-2346.
4. "赵汀阳-中国社会科学院哲学研究所". philosophy.cssn.cn. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
5. Zhao, Suisheng (2023). The dragon roars back : transformational leaders and dynamics of Chinese foreign policy. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-5036-3088-8. OCLC 1331741429.
6. Wang, Ban (2017-09-01). Chinese Visions of World Order: Tianxia, Culture, and World Politics. Duke University Press. ISBN 9780822372448.
7. Dallmayr, Fred Reinhard; Zhao, Tingyang (2012-06-21). Contemporary Chinese Political Thought: Debates and Perspectives. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813136424.
8. "Publications of Zhao Tingyang". Cairn Institute.

External links

• Zhao's Web Page
• The Implications of "Tianxia" as a New World System (US-China Institute)