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Philosophers of the Warring States is an anthology of new translations of essential readings from the classic texts of early Chinese philosophy, informed by the latest scholarship. It includes...
This comprehensive introduction to early Chinese philosophy covers a. range of philosophical traditions which arose during the Spring and Autumn. (722–476 BCE) and Warring States (475–221 BCE) periods in China, including. Confucianism, Mohism, Daoism and Legalism. It considers concepts, themes.
25 sie 2017 · Recently excavated manuscripts from Warring States China, however, have begun to shed new light on the development of Confucian thought and the shaping of Confucius as a narrative figure during the two centuries following his death.
12 chapters with an Introduction, Key Philosophical Terms, new translations of selected works of seven philosophers —Confucius, Meng Zi (Mencius), Xun Zi, Mo Zi, Lao Zi, Zhuang Zi (two chapters), Han Fei Zi, and two short texts: Da Xue (Expansive Learning) and Zhong Yong Excellence in the Ordinary. “ ”.
The study examines the original texts, as they have come down to us, of the major Warring States traditions, critically comparing them and the ideas they articulate against each other, against later Chinese thinking, and against certain trends of contemporary political thinking.
10 lis 2020 · The shi, or “knights,” were not a coherent class during the Warring States period, though figures identified as such were central to the social, political, and cultural dynamism of the era. As the fragmentary states of the early Zhou era politically consolidated, the nature of the aristocracy changed. The aristocracy bifurcated into a ...
The most famous theoretician of this new view of the manly ideal was Confucius (551- 479), and although he died before the beginning of the Warring States period, his life and ideas also serve as an appropriate starting point for a Warring States narrative.
