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Worldly wisdom : Confucian teachings of the Ming Dynasty by Cleary, J.C. is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
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The philosophical, religious, and sociopolitical teachings of Confucianism have played a central role in East Asian culture for many centuries. This book presents a selection of passages from leading Chinese thinkers of the later Ming dynasty (sixteenth-seventeenth centuries), a peak period of Confucian creativity influenced by Buddhism and Taoism. Chosen for their practical interest and universal appeal, the passages are concerned with how to develop the personality, conduct social relations, a
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Cleary, J.C.
- Publisher
- Distributed in the U.S. by Random House, Shambhala
- Published
- 1991
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781570627019
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Religion, Philosophy, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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