Mencius : : Contexts and Interpretations /

Mencius : : Contexts and Interpretations / / ed. by Alan K. L. Chan.

For two thousand years the Mencius was revered as one of the foundational texts of the Confucian canon, which formed the basis of traditional Chinese education. Today it commands considerable attention in current debates on "Asian values" raging in classrooms and boardrooms in both East As...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UHP eBook Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Ames, Roger T.,
Bloom, Irene,
Brooks, A. Taeko,
Brooks, E. Bruce,
Chan, Alan K. L.,
Chen, Ning,
Chong, Kim-Chong,
Cua, Antonio S.,
Eno, Robert,
Heng, Jiuan,
Munro, Donald J.,
Nivison, David,
Shun, Kwong-Loi,
Tan, Sor-Hoon,
HerausgeberIn:
Chan, Alan K. L.,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2002]
©2002
Year of Publication:2002
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Ideological Background of the Mencian Discussion of Human Nature
  • 2. A Matter of Taste: Qi (Vital Energy) and the Tending of the Heart (Xin) in Mencius 2A2 ALAN K. L. CHAN
  • 3. Mencius and a Process Notion of Human Nature
  • 4. Biology and Culture in the Mencian View of Human Nature
  • 5. Mengzi and Gaozi on Nei and Wai
  • 6. Xin and Moral Failure: Notes on an Aspect of Mencius' Moral Psychology
  • 7. Understanding Words and Knowing Men
  • 8. Between Family and State: Relational Tensions in Confucian Ethics
  • 9. Casuistry and Character in the Mencius
  • 10. Mencius, Xunzi, and Dai Zhen
  • 11. The Nature and Historical Context of the Mencius
  • 12. Mengzi as Philosopher of History
  • 13. Mencius and an Ethics of the New Century
  • Contributors
  • Index

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