Scripture, Canon and Commentary : : A Comparison of Confucian and Western Exegesis / / John B. Henderson.

In this major contribution to the study of the Chinese classics and comparative religion, John Henderson uses the history of exegesis to illuminate mental patterns that have universal and perennial significance for intellectual history. Henderson relates the Confucian commentarial tradition to other...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1991
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 1184
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Physical Description:1 online resource (260 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • PERIODS OF CHINESE HISTORY
  • ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT FORMS USED IN THE NOTES
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 1. ORIGINS AND ANTECEDENTS OF THE CLASSICS
  • Chapter 2. INTEGRATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND CLOSURE OF CANONS
  • Chapter 3. ORIGINS, DIMENSIONS, AND APOTHEOSIS OF COMMENTARIES
  • Chapter 4. COMMENTARIAL ASSUMPTIONS
  • Chapter 5. COMMENTARIAL STRATEGIES
  • Chapter 6. DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION OF COMMENTARIAL WORLD VIEWS
  • GLOSSARY OF CHINESE NAMES, TERMS, AND TITLES IN THE TEXT
  • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX