Confucianism Books
Taylor & Francis Moral Exemplars in the Analects
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£142.50
Cambridge University Press Virtue Ethics and Consequentialism in Early Chinese Philosophy
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£87.00
Cambridge University Press Structures of Governance in Song Dynasty China 9601279 CE
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£109.25
Cambridge University Press Culture Economic Growth and Interstate Power Shift
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£80.75
Cambridge University Press Culture Economic Growth and Interstate Power Shift
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£24.69
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group The Analects
£19.80
Shanghai Press The Art of Self Cultivation: Quotations from
Book SynopsisThe Art of Self Cultivation, contains hundreds of individual quotations drawn from over 2,000 years of Chinese history.The Art of Self Cultivation comprises quotations that are concerned with what in Chinese is termed xiushen-which translates roughly as "self cultivation". One Chinese encyclopedia defines it as "the nurture of body and mind in order to strengthen and raise the level of one's sense of morality". This book addresses individual behavior and conduct from the essentials of character such as morality, through activities like the acquisition of knowledge and the techniques of learning to the norms of correct social behavior. Sources range from early philosophers such as Confucius and the Daoist philosopher Li Er, to early historians like Ban Gu and Sima Qian, through the poets and officials of the brilliant Tang and Song dynasties and on to the writers that flourished in the 17th to 19th centuries.
£11.35
Shanghai Press Confucius: The Sage on the Road
Book SynopsisRetold as an entertaining and readable story, this chronicle of Confucius' travels brings a new perspective to the teachings of this ancient sage.Reading about the life of Confucius—the renowned Chinese philosopher—never seems old-fashioned, even in this era of constant change. For millennia his philosophy and teachings have deeply influenced the lives and politics of people in China and many other countries in Asia. What led to his great fame? What lay inside his mind? What is the Great Way, and why did Confucius devote his entire life to it? Touched by Confucius' persistence and faith even after numerous failures, the author, Mr. Qian Ning, was inspired to depict Confucius' life story in modern style while basing the story strictly on credible ancient sources. The book chronicles Confucius frustrated travels and meetings with the dukes of various states and introduces Confucius' political philosophy, his rumination on education, and his theory of the junzi (a morally superior individual). As readers follow Confucius' footsteps through the book, an intimate portrait of Confucius emerges, helping readers understand the sage in a new light, as a real man of flesh and blood. At the same time, readers will learn about one of the most tumultuous, thrilling periods of Chinese history, the warring States era, during which ancient Chinese philosophy was born.
£18.86
Bridge21 Publications, LLC Order and Revolt: Debating the Principles of
Book SynopsisThese original essays debate two ways of theorizing social life. One way is the integrative or holistic model of thought typified in the writings of Confucius. The other, the revolutionary tradition, is suspicious of holism and harmony as principles of social thought because harmony is seen as something that can genuinely occur only when a society has rectified deeply ingrained injustice. This volume evaluates the alternative priorities of order and revolt, harmony and spontaneity, in social life.
£42.75
Shanghai Press Building Inner Strength: The Chinese Philosophy
Book SynopsisNormality today is to be enslaved by the material world to the point where individual happiness has not kept pace with increasing material prosperity. Have we lost our original nature in the pursuit of the external material world? Wang Yangming’s School of Mind of nearly 500 years ago teaches us how to overcome external circumstances and seek the source of the great strength that lies in our innermost being. Wang Yangming’s School of Mind is a gathering together of the achievements of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. It is one of the most representative and influential strands of Chinese philosophical thought and proposes that “conscience” is a cosmic prime principle innate in man that transcends all living things. The lifelong realization and practice of conscience is the only path towards self-fulfillment and perfection of character. This book uses Wang Yangming’s principles of “Mind is Principle,” “the unity of knowledge and action,” and “the exercise of conscience” to describe the School of Mind in simple terms to enable you to understand your own original self and go on a journey of self-cultivation that will gain you a kind of inner freedom and strength.Table of ContentsPreface: Take the Road to Spiritual IndependencePart I This Is How Sages Are RefinedThe Skepticism of the Child Prodigy: Is Common Sense Reliable?The Path Towards SagehoodDo Not Waver, Maintain Your Inner FreedomThe Cheng-Zhu School of Reason and the Lu-Wang School of MindEnlightenment at Longchang: the Birth of the Yangming School of MindPart II Mind is Reason: The Road to Self-Realization Lies in the MindChapter 1 Trees and Flowers Amongst the Rocks: Wang Yangming’s WorldviewChapter 2 Creating a Secret Chamber for Your SoulChapter 3 Personality Is the Source of HappinessChapter 4 Knowing One’s Original SelfChapter 5 Retrieve the Joy of MindPart III The Unity of Knowledge and Action: Knowledge Is the Beginning of Action and Action Is the Culmination of KnowledgeChapter 6 Constructing One’s Own World of MeaningChapter 7 Work Is Self-CultivationChapter 8 Constructing an Innermost Being Impervious to Both Adoration and InsultChapter 9 Transcending SufferingPart IV Exercise Conscience: Investigate for Knowledge, Act with Virtue and Eradicate EvilChapter 10 Characteristics of the Four Great Values of ConscienceChapter 11 The Journey Towards Self-CultivationChapter 12 Realizing Spiritual Transcendence in the Mundane WorldChapter 13 The Key to the World of the Mind: The Four Rules of ConscienceChapter 14 Establishing the Will to Achieve Sagehood
£15.26
Fons Vitae,US Merton & Confucianism: Rites, Righteousness and
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£26.55
V&R unipress GmbH Confucian Role Ethics: A Moral Vision for the
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£53.99
V&R unipress GmbH The Debate and Confluence between Confucianism
Book SynopsisConfucianism and Buddhism in China, Korea and Japan
£43.31
Peeters Publishers Zhu Xi and Meister Eckhart: Two Intellectual
Book SynopsisThis book attempts a comparative study between Zhu Xi (1130-1200), a Neo-Confucian master of the Song dynasty in China, and Meister Eckhart (1260-1328), a scholastic and mystic in the medieval West. With a focus on the theme of human intellect as presented in the works of the two thinkers, this study also explores the massive hermeneutical framework in which that concept is unfolded in Zhu Xi and in Eckhart. Thus, the complexity of each thinker's understanding of the human intellect is demonstrated in its own context, and the common themes between them are discussed in their own terms. Based on a systematic study of the original texts, the comparison between Zhu Xi and Meister Eckhart goes much deeper than a general dialogue between East and West. The comparative model of this book, based strictly on textual study, aims to develop an in-depth communication between a scholastic Confucian mind and his equally sophisticated counterpart in Christendom, in the hope that the intellectual brilliance and spiritual splendour of one thinker will be illuminated by the light of the other. Probably only when one encounters a like-minded counterpart brought up in a totally different tradition will such a mutual illumination become meaningful.
£84.00
