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Reflections on Things At Hand: The Neo-Confucian Anthology (Records of Civilization Sources and Studies, Number LXXV) by Chu Hsi, Lü Tsu-ch'ien, Wing-tsit Chan is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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The Chin-ssu lu is an anthology of Neo-Confucianism, giving in clear outline its doctrines of metaphysics, learning, ethics, literature, government, and its evaluation of great men in Chinese history and of heterodoxical systems, notably Buddhism and Taoism. As such it is Neo-Confucianism in a nutshell. Since it is the forerunner and model of the Hsing-li ta-ch’üan [Great collection of Neo-Confucianism] which was for five hundred years the standard text for Chinese thought, its tremendous influence on Chinese philosophy can easily be imagined. In addition, just as Wang Yang-ming’s Instructions on Practical Living is the major work of the idealistic wing of Neo-Confucianism, so is the Chin-ssu lu the major work of the rationalistic wing. It is no exaggeration to say, therefore, that it has been the most important book in China for the last 750 years. Since only a fraction of Neo-Confucian works has been rendered into Western languages, its translation is imperative. This is the simple reason why it was chosen for translation. Problems concerning the translation and the book itself, such as its compilation, Chu Hsi’s and Lü T’su-ch’ien’s comparative roles in producing it, its content
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- Author
- Chu Hsi, Lü Tsu-ch'ien, Wing-tsit Chan
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press; Columbia Univ Pr
- Published
- 1967
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780231058841
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Literary Fiction, Social Science
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