Chung-Ying Cheng, at 77 one of the elder statesman of Chinese philosophy in the United States, practically leaps from his hotel-room chair to find a note that relates to the publication he founded 40 years ago at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, the Journal of Chinese Philosophy.
He doesn’t want anyone to overlook the big anniversary, to be marked in October by a double issue with more than 40 scholars participating. He’ll make sure Wiley-Blackwell sends the latest copies, back issues, publicity material, whatever’s needed.