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100 1 _aGardner, Daniel K.
245 1 0 _aConfucianism
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_bA Very Short Introduction.
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300 _a1 online resource (153 p.)
490 1 _aVery Short Introductions
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505 0 _aCover; CONFUCIANISM: A Very Short Introduction; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of illustrations; Chronology; Chapter 1: Confucius (551-479 bce) and his legacy: An introduction; The rise of Confucianism in China; The influence of Confucianism in East Asia; The vision of Confucius; Assumptions behind the vision; Conclusion: Reading the Analects of Confucius; Chapter 2: The individual and self-cultivation in theteachings of Confucius; The role of learning; Being a morally superior man: true goodness through ritual practice; On true goodness; On ritual
505 8 _aThe family as the crucible of virtueChapter 3: Government in Confucian teachings; The ruler as exemplar; Government and the well-being of the people; The mandate of heaven; Chapter 4: Variety within early Confucianism; Mencius; 1. On human nature and self-cultivation; 2. On the ruler; Xunzi; 1. On human nature and self-cultivation; 2. The mind and moral perfectibility; 3. On the ruler; Man and heaven in Mencius and Xunzi; Chapter 5: The reorientation of the Confucian tradition after 1000 ce: The teachings of Neo-Confucianism; Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucian metaphysics
505 8 _aSelf-cultivation and the investigation of thingsZhu Xi's program of learning; The "Neo" in Neo-Confucianism; Neo-Confucianism after Zhu Xi; Chapter 6: Confucianism in practice; The "Institutionalization" of Confucianism; The civil service examination system; Confucianism and the common people; Confucianism and the ruler; Confucianism and the family; Confucianism and women; Epilogue: Confucianism in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries; References; Chapter 1: Confucius (551-479 bce) and his legacy: An introduction
505 8 _aChapter 2: The individual and self-cultivation in the teachings of ConfuciusChapter 3: Government in Confucian teachings; Chapter 4: Variety within early Confucianism; Chapter 5: The reorientation of the Confucian tradition after 1000 ce: The teachings of Neo-Confucianism; Chapter 6: Confucianism in practice; Epilogue: Confucianism in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries; Further reading; General studies of early Chinese intellectual history; Translations of Confucian texts; A. The Analects; B. The Mencius; C. The Xunzi; D. The Book of Rites; E. The Four Books
505 8 _aStudies of early Confucian thoughtStudies of later Confucian thought; Education and the examination system; Confucianism and the state; Confucianism and the family; Confucianism and women; Confucianism since the twentieth century; Index
520 _aTo understand China, it is essential to understand Confucianism. First formulated in the sixth century BCE, the teachings of Confucius would come to dominate Chinese society, politics, economics, and ethics. In this Very Short Introduction, Daniel K. Gardner explores the major philosophical ideas of the Confucian tradition, showing their profound impact on state ideology and imperial government, the civil service examination system, domestic life, and social relations over the course of twenty-six centuries. Gardner focuses on two of the Sage's most crucial philosophical problems-what makes fo.
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