Kirill O. Thompson is Professor at National Taiwan University. He is the author of many book chapters, journal articles, book reviews, and encyclopedia articles on Zhu Xi and Chinese philosophy. David Jones is Professor Emeritus at Kennesaw State University in Atlanta where he was a University Foundation Distinguished Professor and is now Affiliate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo. His previous books include The Fractal Self: Science, Philosophy, and the Evolution of Human Cooperation (with John L. Culliney) and Returning to Zhu Xi: Emerging Patterns within the Supreme Polarity (coedited with Jinli He), also by SUNY Press.