Overfivedecades,DonaldJ.Munrohasbeenoneofthemostimportantvoicesinsinologicalphilosophy.Amongotheraccomplishments,hisseminalbookTheConceptofManinEarlyChinainfluencedagenerationofscholars.HisrapprochementwithcontemporarycognitiveandevolutionarysciencehelpedbolstertheinsightsofChinesephilosophersandsetthestandardforsimilarexplorationstoday.
Inthisfestschriftvolume,studentsofMunroandscholarsinfluencedbyhimcelebrateMunro’sbodyofworkinarticlesthatextendhislegacy,exploringtheirtopicsasvariedastheethicsofZhuangzi’sautotelicity,theteleologyofnatureinZhuXi,andfamilyloveinConfucianismandChristianity.TheyalsoreflectonMunro’smentorshipandhisdirectintellectualinfluence.Throughtheirbreadth,analyticalexcellence,andphilosophicalinsight,thearticlesinthisvolumeexemplifythespiritofintellectualinquirythatmarkedDonaldMunro’scareerasscholarandteacher.
