a contemporary reconstruction of Xunzi's ethicsTang, Siu-Fu1974-creatorauthor.textbibliographyElectronic books.nyu2016monographiceng1 online resource."Self-realization through Confucian Learning reconstructs Confucian thinker Xunzi's moral philosophy in response to the modern focus on self-realization. Xunzi (born around 310 BCE) claims that human xing ("nature" or "native conditions") is without an ethical framework and has a tendency to dominate, leading to bad judgments and bad behavior. Confucian ritual propriety (li) is needed to transform these human native conditions. Through li, people become self-directing: in control of feelings and desires and in command of their own lives."--Page 4 of cover.Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Xing and Native Conditions; Xunzi's definitions of xing; "People's xing is bad"; Natural desires and moral neutrality; Goodness and human agency; Chapter 2. Wei and Human Agency; Definitions of wei; From xing to wei; Human agency: Actions and happenings; Xunzi's worldview; Chapter 3. Xing, Wei, and the Origin of Ritual Propriety; Creation of ritual propriety from wei; People's xing at the two stages of wei; Ritual propriety and the satisfaction of desires; The heart-mind's approval and second-order evaluation.Desires and their form of expressionChapter 4. Ritual Propriety and the Good Life; The self and the good; The petty man and the noble man; Understanding the Way; Community and the self; Ritual propriety as self-interpretation; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.Siufu Tang.Includes bibliographical references and index.a-cc---Xunzi340 B.C.-245 B.CConfucian ethicsPhilosophy, ChineseTo 221 B.CPhilosophy, ConfucianChinaPHILOSOPHYEasternXunzi340 B.C.-245 B.CConfucian ethicsPhilosophy, ChinesePhilosophy, ConfucianChina To 221 B.C. fast B128.H7 T365 2016eb181/.112Tang, Siu-Fu, 1974-Albany : State University of New York Press, 2016(DLC) 2015036580(OCoLC)9478161939781438461502143846150Xhttp://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=4623044http://site.ebrary.com/id/11244350http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1299615http://www.myilibrary.com?id=944467http://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=4623044http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=4623044http://site.ebrary.com/id/11244350http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1299615http://www.myilibrary.com?id=944467http://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=4623044N$T16080820200709060504.0ocn956320756eng