Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Humanism and Language: Cassirer and the Xici (¿¿)
2. Li Xiang Yi Jin Yi (¿¿¿¿¿): Giving (Symbolic) Form to Phenomena
3. Shi Yan Zhi (¿¿¿): Giving (Poetic) Form to Qing (¿)
4. Wen Yi Zai Dao (¿¿¿¿): Giving (Linguistic) Form to Dao
5. Zhi You Wen Ye (¿¿¿¿): Giving (Human) Form to the Self
6. Wu Yi Wu Wen (¿¿¿¿): Organic Harmony
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Definitions of Wen
Appendix 2: A Brief History of Wen
Appendix 3: Partial Translation of Song Lian's "The Origins of Wen" (Wenyuan ¿¿)
Glossary
Notes
Works Cited
Index

Shuchen Xiang is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies and the Institute of Foreign Philosophy at Peking University, China.