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__Finding Wisdom in East Asian Classics__ is an essential, all-access guide to the core texts of East Asian civilization and culture. Essays address frequently read, foundational texts in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese, as well as early modern fictional classics and nonfiction works of the seventeenth century. Building strong links between these writings and the critical traditions of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism, this volume shows the vital role of the classics in the shaping of Asian history and in the development of the humanities at large. Wm. Theodore de Bary focuses on texts that have survived for centuries, if not millennia, through avid questioning and contestation. Recognized as perennial reflections on life and society, these works represent diverse historical periods and cultures and include the __Analects of Confucius__, __Mencius__, __Laozi__, __Xunxi__, the __Lotus Sutra__, Tang poetry, the __Pillow Book__, __The Tale of Genji__, and the writings of Chikamatsu and Kaibara Ekken. Contributors explain the core and most commonly understood aspects of these works and how they operate within their traditions. They trace their reach and reinvention througho

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Author

Wm. Theodore De Bary; William Theodore De Bary

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780231153973

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Philosophy, Literary Criticism