Confucius beyond the analects / / by Michael Hunter.

In Confucius Beyond the Analects, Michael Hunter challenges the standard view of the Analects as the earliest and most authoritative source of the teachings of Confucius. Arguing from a comprehensive survey of the thousands of extant sayings and stories from the early period, Hunter situates the com...

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Superior document:Studies in the history of Chinese texts ; v. 7
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2017.
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Studies in the History of Chinese Texts 7.
Physical Description:1 online resource (357 pages) :; illustrations.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Big Picture
  • 2 A Dozen Perspectives on “Confucius” beyond the Analects
  • 3 The Analects Ascendant, circa 100 bce–220 ce
  • 4 Searching for a Pre-Han Analects
  • 5 Reading the Analects in Context
  • Digression – The Compilation and Rise of the Analects: A Speculative Scenario
  • 6 Conclusion: Confucius, the Analects, and Early Chinese Thought
  • Bibliography
  • Sources Index
  • Subject Index.