Mencius and early Chinese thought / Kwong-loi Shun.
Mencius and early Chinese thought / Kwong-loi Shun.
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Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1997.
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1997.
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N181.112/10
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English
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xii, 295 p. ; 24 cm.
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Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1997.
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California
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1997.
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Throughout much of Chinese history; Mencius (372-289 B.C.) was considered the greatest Confucian thinker after Confucius himself. Following the enshrinement of the Mencius (an edited compilation of his thought by disciples or disciples of disciples) as one of the Four Books by Sung neo-Confucianists, he was studied by all educated Chinese.
The present work studies Mencius in the context of Chinese thought of his era, focusing on several key ethical concepts and contrasting Mencius's views on them with those of earlier thinkers from the Confucian and other schools of thought. These concepts, and the specific terms that define them, had a great influence on subsequent Chinese philosoph...
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Mencius and early Chinese thought / Kwong-loi Shun.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-280) and indexes.
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N181.112/10
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74VMyL7Wbqx3
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0804727880 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804727884 (cloth : alk. paper)
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181.112
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991002078479702626
