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Bin Song

Department of Philosophy and Religion

Washington College

300 Washington Avenue, Chestertown, Maryland 21620

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  • “The Rang Stream Study Hall” by Zhou DunyiDecember 30, 2025
    Introduction In the lineage of Ru exemplars within the Daoxue movement, Zhou Dunyi (周敦颐, 1017-1073) was frequently was frequently regarded as the pioneering figure. Born into a family with a long tradition of passing the highest civil examinations and serving in government, Zhou was steeped in Ruist teachings from a …

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  • Courses TaughtDecember 17, 2025
    Introduction to Philosophy (PHL 100 Washington College) This course introduces the discipline of philosophy and its characteristic habits of thought and practice. Starting from the beginning of Western philosophy at ancient Greek, classical and contemporary readings are organized both chronically and thematically. Students will get familiar with major sub-disciplines and …

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  • Student Demonstrations in Philosophical CounselingDecember 16, 2025
    Fall 2025 has been a remarkably fruitful teaching season. I taught a First-Year Seminar on “Free Will and Responsibility” for the first time, with fifteen excellent first-year students. I also co-taught “Introduction to Buddhism” for the second time, which surveyed Buddhist thought from ancient India through all major historical and …

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  • Orbis Books Publishes a Confucian Sacred StoryNovember 12, 2025
    Dr. Anna Sun (Duke University), Dr. Pauline Lee (Saint Louis University), and Dr. Bin Song (Washington College) have co-authored a play titled “When the Fire Came: A Retelling of the Confucian Sacred Story.” This work has just been published as a chapter in Retelling Sacred Stories: Our Journeys to a …

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  • New Book “Debating Transcendence” in NovemberAugust 21, 2025
    Access to the Digital Edition at Fordham University Press, JSTOR and Project Muse.
  • Bin Song Interviewed by Journal of Contemplative StudiesJuly 15, 2025
    Inspired by the ancient Confucian tradition, this conversation explores a timely question: How can we meditate as scholars, administrators, or modern professionals? I also explain the misnomer of “Confucianism,” clarifying the Ruist (Confucian) tradition of contemplative practices and self-cultivation, and distinguishing it from other major ancient Asian traditions, such as …

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  • Song Reviews “Lure of the Supreme Joy”July 4, 2025
    Song Reviews “Lure of the Supreme Joy: Pedagogy and Environment in the Neo-Confucian Academies of Zhu Xi” (By Xin Conan-Wu. Brill 2024) in the 2025, No. 80 issue of Journal of Chinese Studies. Excerpt: If Tian (天) is translated as “nature,” the upper-case Nature designates the broadest realm of being—one …

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  • Student Demonstration: Ru/Confucian Quiet-sitting, Birdhouse Building and PoetryMay 8, 2025
    Anna Treadway (Environmental Studies & Art History, Washington College 25′)
  • Lessons for LivingJanuary 6, 2025
    Washington College Magazine (Summer 2024, pp. 12-13 and p. 65) reports Professor Bin Song’s teaching experience and philosophy. Featured by the Haiku “A Tuesday Morning in 2024 Spring” written by Bin Song A weblink to the digital form of the article.
  • Patience in Interfaith Teaching January 6, 2025
    The following essay reflects my Interfaith teaching experience at Washington College, published by the Interfaith America Magazine (https://www.interfaithamerica.org/article/patience-in-interfaith-teaching/) Excerpt: “…I define patience as a radical acceptance of obstacles or burdens we face on the path to any meaningful goal. Imperfection is an inevitable part of human experience. Recognizing this, especially …

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