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Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Oriental religions > Confucianism

Taking Confucian Ethics Seriously - Contemporary Theories and Applications (Paperback): Kam-Por Yu, Julia Tao, Philip J. Ivanhoe Taking Confucian Ethics Seriously - Contemporary Theories and Applications (Paperback)
Kam-Por Yu, Julia Tao, Philip J. Ivanhoe
R802 Discovery Miles 8 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This thought-provoking work presents Confucianism as a living ethical tradition with contemporary relevance. Developing Confucian ethical ideas within a contemporary context, this book discusses the nature of virtue, the distinction between public and private, the value of spontaneity, and more.

Multiple Secularities Beyond the West - Religion and Modernity in the Global Age (Hardcover): Marian Burchardt, Monika... Multiple Secularities Beyond the West - Religion and Modernity in the Global Age (Hardcover)
Marian Burchardt, Monika Wohlrab-Sahr, Matthias Middell
R3,932 Discovery Miles 39 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Questions of secularity and modernity have become globalized, but most studies still focus on the West. This volume breaks new ground by comparatively exploring developments in five areas of the world, some of which were hitherto situated at the margins of international scholarly discussions: Africa, the Arab World, East Asia, South Asia, and Central and Eastern Europe. In theoretical terms, the book examines three key dimensions of modern secularity: historical pathways, cultural meanings, and global entanglements of secular formations. The contributions show how differences in these dimensions are linked to specific histories of religious and ethnic diversity, processes of state-formation and nation-building. They also reveal how secularities are critically shaped through civilizational encounters, processes of globalization, colonial conquest, and missionary movements, and how entanglements between different territorially grounded notions of secularity or between local cultures and transnational secular arenas unfold over time.

The Confucian Analects, the Great Learning & the Doctrine of the Mean (Hardcover): Confucius The Confucian Analects, the Great Learning & the Doctrine of the Mean (Hardcover)
Confucius; Translated by James Legge
R1,110 Discovery Miles 11 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Notable not only for its comprehensiveness but also for its inclusion of the Chinese pictograms, this complete text of the *Analects* of the greatest philosopher of Chinese history is a must-own volume for any student of Confucius (551Bi479 Be. From the disposition of a land's rulers to the value of prayer, the thoughts of Confucius have powerfully shaped the moral life and political structures of Asian nations, and influenced the direction of the Western world as well. Here, Legge offers an enlightening introduction to the *Analects,* copious notes that place the sayings in cultural context, and much more assistance for the lay reader in understanding the depth of Confucius' wisdom. This three-in-one volume, originally published in this form in 1893, also includes *The Great Learning,* the Confucian illustration of illustrious virtue, and *The Doctrine of the Mean,* the thinker's explication of the path of duty. Scottish scholar JAMES LEGGE (1815-1897) was the first professor of Chinese language and literature at Oxford University, serving from 1876 to 1897. Among his many books are The Life and Teaching of Confucius (1867), The Religions of China (1880), and the 50-volume Sacred Books of the East (1879-1891).

Gods, Heroes, and Ancestors - An Interreligious Encounter in Eighteenth-Century Vietnam (Hardcover): Anh Q Tran Gods, Heroes, and Ancestors - An Interreligious Encounter in Eighteenth-Century Vietnam (Hardcover)
Anh Q Tran
R3,244 Discovery Miles 32 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Though a minority religion in Vietnam, Christianity has been a significant presence in the country since its arrival in the sixteenth-century. Anh Q. Tran offers the first English translation of the recently discovered 1752 manuscript Tam Giao Ch(u V.ong (The Errors of the Three Religions). Structured as a dialogue between a Christian priest and a Confucian scholar, this anonymously authored manuscript paints a rich picture of the three traditional Vietnamese religions: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism. The work explains and evaluates several religious beliefs, customs, and rituals of eighteenth-century Vietnam, many of which are still in practice today. In addition, it contains a trove of information on the challenges and struggles that Vietnamese Christian converts had to face in following the new faith. Besides its great historical value for studies in Vietnamese religion, language, and culture, Gods, Heroes, and Ancestors raises complex issues concerning the encounter between Christianity and other religions: Christian missions, religious pluralism, and interreligious dialogue.

Thinking Through Confucius (Paperback): David L. Hall, Roger T. Ames Thinking Through Confucius (Paperback)
David L. Hall, Roger T. Ames
R875 Discovery Miles 8 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The I Ching (Book of Changes) - A Critical Translation of the Ancient Text (Hardcover): Geoffrey Redmond The I Ching (Book of Changes) - A Critical Translation of the Ancient Text (Hardcover)
Geoffrey Redmond
R2,994 Discovery Miles 29 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The I Ching has influenced thinkers and artists throughout the history of Chinese philosophy. This new, accessible translation of the entire early text brings to life the hidden meanings and importance of China's oldest classical texts. Complemented throughout by insightful commentaries, the I Ching: A Critical Translation of the Ancient Text simplifies the unique system of hexagrams lying at the centre of the text and introduces the cultural significance of key themes including yin and yang, gender and ethics. As well as depicting all possible ethical situations, this new translation shows how the hexagram figures can represent social relationships and how the order of lines can be seen as a natural metaphor for higher or lower social rank. Introduced by Hon Tze-Ki, an esteemed scholar of the text, this up-to-date translation uncovers and explains both the philosophical and political interpretations of the text. For a better understanding of the philosophical and cosmological underpinning the history of Chinese philosophy, the I Ching is an invaluable starting point.

Contemporary Confucianism in Thought and Action (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Guy Alitto Contemporary Confucianism in Thought and Action (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Guy Alitto
R2,674 R1,780 Discovery Miles 17 800 Save R894 (33%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume focuses on contemporary Confucianism, and collects essays by famous sinologists such as Guy Alitto, John Makeham, Tse-ki Hon and others. The content is divided into three sections - addressing the "theory" and "practice" of contemporary Confucianism, as well as how the two relate to each other - to provide readers a more meaningful understanding of contemporary Confucianism and Chinese culture. In 1921, at the height of the New Culture Movement's iconoclastic attack on Confucius, Liang Shuming ( ) fatefully predicted that in fact the future world culture would be Confucian. Over the nine decades that followed, Liang's reputation and the fortunes of Confucianism in China rose and fell together. So, readers may be interested in the question whether it is possible that a reconstituted "Confucianism" might yet become China's spiritual mainstream and a major constituent of world culture.

Giulio Aleni, Kouduo richao, and Christian-Confucian Dialogism in Late Ming Fujian (Hardcover): Song Gang Giulio Aleni, Kouduo richao, and Christian-Confucian Dialogism in Late Ming Fujian (Hardcover)
Song Gang
R5,978 Discovery Miles 59 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Christian dialogic writings flourished in the Catholic missions in late Ming China. This study focuses on the mission work of the Italian Jesuit Giulio Aleni (Ai Rulue , 1582-1649) in Fujian and the unique text Kouduo richao (Diary of Oral Admonitions, 1630-1640) that records the religious and intellectual conversations among the Jesuits and local converts. By examining the mechanisms of dialogue in Kouduo richao and other Christian works distinguished by a certain dialogue form, the author of the present work aims to reveal the formation of a hybrid Christian-Confucian identity in late Ming Chinese religious experience. By offering the new approach of dialogic hybridization, the book not only treats dialogue as an important yet underestimated genre in late Ming Christian literature, but it also uncovers a self-other identity complex in the dialogic exchanges of the Jesuits and Chinese scholars. Giulio Aleni, Kouduo richao, and Christian-Confucian Dialogism in Late Ming Fujian is a multi-faceted investigation of the religious, philosophical, ethical, scientific, and artistic topics discussed among the Jesuits and late Ming scholars. This comprehensive research echoes what the distinguished Sinologist Erik Zurcher (1928-2008) said about the richness and diversity of Chinese Christian texts produced in the 17th and 18th centuries. Following Zurcher's careful study and annotated full translation of Kouduo richao (Monumenta Serica Monograph Series, LVI/1-2), the present work features a set of new findings beyond the endeavours of Zurcher and other scholars. With the key concept of Christian-Confucian dialogism, it tells the intriguing story of Aleni's mission work and the thriving Christian communities in late Ming Fujian.

The Analects (Hardcover): Confucius The Analects (Hardcover)
Confucius; Edited by 1stworld Library
R556 Discovery Miles 5 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Master said, 'Is it not pleasant to learn with a constant perseverance and application? 'Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters? 'Is he not a man of complete virtue, who feels no discomposure though men may take no note of him?" The philosopher Yu said, 'They are few who, being filial and fraternal, are fond of offending against their superiors. There have been none, who, not liking to offend against their superiors, have been fond of stirring up confusion.

The Evolution of Chinese Filiality - Insights from the Neurosciences (Paperback): Deborah Lynn Porter The Evolution of Chinese Filiality - Insights from the Neurosciences (Paperback)
Deborah Lynn Porter
R1,289 R1,117 Discovery Miles 11 170 Save R172 (13%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This unique book brings a fresh interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of ancient Chinese history, creating a historical model for the emergence of cultural mainstays by applying recent dramatic findings in the fields of neuroscience and cultural evolution. The centrality in Chinese culture of a deep reverence for the lives of preceding generations, filial piety, is conventionally attributed to Confucius (551-479 B.C.), who viewed hierarchical family relations as foundational for social order. Here, Porter argues that Confucian conceptions of filiality themselves evolved from a systemized set of behaviors and thoughts, a mental structure, which descended from a specific Neolithic mindset, and that this psychological structure was contoured by particular emotional conditions experienced by China's earliest farmers. Using case study analysis from Neolithic sky observers to the dynastic cultures of the Shang and Western Zhou, the book shows how filial piety evolved as a structure of feeling, a legacy of a cultural predisposition toward particular moods and emotions that were inherited from the ancestral past. Porter also brings new urgency to the topic of ecological grief, linking the distress central to the evolution of the filial structure to its catalyst in an environmental crisis. With a blended multidisciplinary approach combining social neuroscience, cultural evolution, cognitive archaeology, and historical analysis, this book is ideal for students and researchers in neuropsychology, religion, and Chinese culture and history.

Zhuangzi's Critique of the Confucians - Blinded by the Human (Paperback): Kim-Chong Chong Zhuangzi's Critique of the Confucians - Blinded by the Human (Paperback)
Kim-Chong Chong
R802 Discovery Miles 8 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Confucian Political Philosophy - Dialogues on the State of the Field (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Robert A. Carleo III, Yong Huang Confucian Political Philosophy - Dialogues on the State of the Field (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Robert A. Carleo III, Yong Huang
R3,276 Discovery Miles 32 760 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book debates the values and ideals of Confucian politics-harmony, virtue, freedom, justice, order-and what these ideals mean for Confucian political philosophy today. The authors deliberate these eminent topics in five debates centering on recent innovative and influential publications in the field. Challenging and building on those works, the dialogues consider the roles of benevolence, family determination, public reason, distributive justice, and social stability in Confucian political philosophy. In response, the authors defend their views and evaluate their critics in turn. Taking up a broad range of crucial issues-autonomy, liberty, democracy, political legitimacy, human welfare-these author-meets-critic debates will appeal to scholars interested in political, comparative, and East Asian philosophy. Their interlaced themes weave a portrait of what is at stake in discussing Confucian values and theory. Most importantly, they engage and develop the state of the field of Confucian political philosophy today.

Returning to Zhu Xi - Emerging Patterns within the Supreme Polarity (Paperback): David Jones, Jinli He Returning to Zhu Xi - Emerging Patterns within the Supreme Polarity (Paperback)
David Jones, Jinli He
R843 Discovery Miles 8 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Confucian Propriety and Ritual Learning - A Philosophical Interpretation (Paperback): Geir Sigurdsson Confucian Propriety and Ritual Learning - A Philosophical Interpretation (Paperback)
Geir Sigurdsson
R781 Discovery Miles 7 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Dao Companion to Classical Confucian Philosophy (Hardcover, 2014 ed.): Vincent Shen Dao Companion to Classical Confucian Philosophy (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)
Vincent Shen
R5,425 Discovery Miles 54 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume presents both a historical and a systematic examination of the philosophy of classical Confucianism. Taking into account newly unearthed materials and the most recent scholarship, it features contributions by experts in the field, ranging from senior scholars to outstanding early career scholars. The book first presents the historical development of classical Confucianism, detailing its development amidst a fading ancient political theology and a rising wave of creative humanism. It examines the development of the philosophical ideas of Confucius as well as his disciples and his grandson Zisi, the Zisi-Mencius School, Mencius, and Xunzi. Together with this historical development, the book analyzes and critically assesses the philosophy in the Confucian Classics and other major works of these philosophers. The second part systematically examines such philosophical issues as feeling and emotion, the aesthetic appreciation of music, wisdom in poetry, moral psychology, virtue ethics, political thoughts, the relation with the Ultimate Reality, and the concept of harmony in Confucianism. The Philosophy of Classical Confucianism offers an unparalleled examination to the philosophers, basic texts and philosophical concepts and ideas of Classical Confucianism as well as the recently unearthed bamboo slips related to Classical Confucianism. It will prove itself a valuable reference to undergraduate and postgraduate university students and teachers in philosophy, Chinese history, History, Chinese language and Culture.

The Renaissance of Confucianism in Contemporary China (Hardcover, 2011 Ed.): Ruiping Fan The Renaissance of Confucianism in Contemporary China (Hardcover, 2011 Ed.)
Ruiping Fan
R2,814 Discovery Miles 28 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A new generation of Confucian scholars is coming of age. China is reawakening to the power and importance of its own culture. This volume provides a unique view of the emerging Confucian vision for China and the world in the 21st century. Unlike the Neo-Confucians sojourning in North America who recast Confucianism in terms of modern Western values, this new generation of Chinese scholars takes the authentic roots of Confucian thought seriously. This collection of essays offers the first critical exploration in English of the emerging Confucian, non-liberal, non-social-democratic, moral and political vision for China s future. Inspired by the life and scholarship of Jiang Qing who has emerged as China's exemplar contemporary Confucian, this volume allows the English reader access to a moral and cultural vision that seeks to direct China s political power, social governance, and moral life. For those working in Chinese studies, this collection provides the first access in English to major debates in China concerning a Confucian reconceptualization of governance, a critical Confucian assessment of feminism, Confucianism functioning again as a religion, and the possibility of a moral vision that can fill the cultural vacuum created by the collapse of Marxism.

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Confucian Reform in Choson Korea - Yu Hyongwon's Pan'gye surok (Volume IV) (Hardcover): Woosung Bae Confucian Reform in Choson Korea - Yu Hyongwon's Pan'gye surok (Volume IV) (Hardcover)
Woosung Bae
R3,052 Discovery Miles 30 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Pan'gye surok (or "Pan'gye's Random Jottings") was written by the Korean scholar and social critic Yu Hyongwon(1622-1673), who proposed to reform the Joseon dynasty and realise an ideal Confucian society. It was recognised as a leading work of political science by Yu's contemporaries and continues to be a key text in understanding the intellectual culture of the late Joseon period. Yu describes the problems of the political and social realities of 17th Century Korea, reporting on his attempts to solve these problems using a Confucian philosophical approach. In doing so, he establishes most of the key terminology relating to politics and society in Korea in the late Joseon. His writings were used as a model for reforms within Korea over the following centuries, inspiring social pioneers like Yi Ik and Chong Yakyong. Pan'gye surok demonstrates how Confucian thought spread outside China and how it was modified to fit the situation on the Korean peninsula. Providing both the first English translation of the full Pan'gyesurok text as well as glossaries, notes and research papers on the importance of the text, this four volume set is an essential resource for international scholars of Korean and East Asian history.

Book of Songs (Shi-Jing) - A New Translation of Selected Poems from the Ancient Chinese Anthology (Hardcover): Confucius Book of Songs (Shi-Jing) - A New Translation of Selected Poems from the Ancient Chinese Anthology (Hardcover)
Confucius; Translated by James Trapp
R621 R512 Discovery Miles 5 120 Save R109 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Claimed by some to have been compiled by Confucius in the 5th century BCE, the Book of Songs is an ancient anthology of Chinese poetry. Collecting poems over a number of centuries, the anthology - sometimes known as the Classic of Poetry (or Shi-jing) - is the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry, comprising 305 works dating from the 11th to 7th centuries BCE. Some poems are shorter lyrics in simple language that are folk songs which record the voice of the common people, addressing love and courtship, political satire and protest. Other poems are about court life and dynasties. Nearly all of the songs are rhyming. In the same way that Homer's epics took hold within the West, the Book of Songs played a role in spheres far beyond literature, with a lasting influence on education, politics and communal life. Produced using traditional Chinese bookbinding techniques, this edition of the Book of Songs is a selected anthology of 25 classic poems presented in an exquisite dual-language edition.

The Encyclopedia of Confucianism - 2-volume set (Paperback): Xinzhong Yao The Encyclopedia of Confucianism - 2-volume set (Paperback)
Xinzhong Yao
R1,543 Discovery Miles 15 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Encyclopedia, the first of its kind, introduces Confucianism as a whole, with 1,235 entries giving full information on its history, doctrines, schools, rituals, sacred places and terminology, and on the adaptation, transformation and new thinking taking place in China and other Eastern Asian countries. An indispensable source for further study and research for students and scholars.

New Confucianism: A Critical Examination (Hardcover, 2003 ed.): J Makeham New Confucianism: A Critical Examination (Hardcover, 2003 ed.)
J Makeham
R1,477 Discovery Miles 14 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This collection of essays explores the development of the New Confucianism movement during the 20th century and questions whether it is, in fact, a distinctly new intellectual movement or one that has been mostly retrospectively created. The questions that contributors to this book seek to answer about this neo-conservative philosophical movement include: “What has been the cross-fertilization between Chinese scholars in China and overseas made possible by the shared discourse of Confucianism?”; “To what extent does this discourse transcend geographical, political, cultural, and ideological divides?”; “Why do so many Chinese intellectuals equate Confucianism with Chinese cultural identity?”; and “Does the Confucian revival of the 1990s in China and Taiwan represent a genuine philosophical renaissance or a resurgence in interest based on political and cultural factors?”.

Dao Companion to Neo-Confucian Philosophy (Hardcover, 2010): John Makeham Dao Companion to Neo-Confucian Philosophy (Hardcover, 2010)
John Makeham
R9,452 R8,219 Discovery Miles 82 190 Save R1,233 (13%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Neo-Confucianism was the major philosophical tradition in China for most of the past millennium. This Companion is the first volume to provide a comprehensive introduction, in accessible English, to the Neo-Confucian philosophical thought of representative Chinese thinkers from the eleventh to the eighteenth centuries. It provides detailed insights into changing perspectives on key philosophical concepts and their relationship with one another.

Dao Companion to Japanese Confucian Philosophy (Hardcover, 2014 ed.): Chun-chieh Huang, John Allen Tucker Dao Companion to Japanese Confucian Philosophy (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)
Chun-chieh Huang, John Allen Tucker
R3,540 Discovery Miles 35 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The "Dao Companion to Japanese Confucian Philosophy" will be part of the handbook series "Dao Companion to Chinese Philosophy," published by Springer. This series is being edited by Professor Huang Yong, Professor of Philosophy at Kutztown University and Editor of "Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy." This volume includes original essays by scholars from the U.S., Europe, Japan, and China, discussing important philosophical writings by Japanese Confucian philosophers. The main focus, historically, will be the early-modern period (1600-1868), when much original Confucian philosophizing occurred, and Confucianism in modern Japan.

The "Dao Companion to Japanese Confucian Philosophy" makes a significant contribution to the Dao handbook series, and equally to the field of Japanese philosophy. This new volume including original philosophical studies will be a major contribution to the study of Confucianism generally and Japanese philosophy in particular.

Confucius From The Heart (Hardcover): Yu Dan Confucius From The Heart (Hardcover)
Yu Dan
R250 R195 Discovery Miles 1 950 Save R55 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Simply written, and with a view to taking the wisdom of Confucius out of the hands of the academics and the philosophers and making it accessible to the general reader, Confucius From the Heart gives us a contemporary Confucius, one who can teach us how to attain spiritual happiness, adjust our daily routines and find our place in modern life. Yu Dan argues that his sayings, or Analects - far from being merely interesting quotes from ancient lore, of little use in our hectic, stress-filled world. Instead, they are simple truths that can speak to each and every one of us and help us lead better, happier, calmer lives.

The Political Philosophy of Confucianism - An interpretation of the social and political ideas of Confucius, his forerunners,... The Political Philosophy of Confucianism - An interpretation of the social and political ideas of Confucius, his forerunners, and his early disciples. (Hardcover, 5th)
Leonard Shihlien Hsu
R4,595 Discovery Miles 45 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1932. One of the most astonishing features of the Confucian teaching to the modern reader is its anticipation of the Spencerian formula of evolution and its adaptation of this to a programme of progress. This volume shows that Confucius' teaching is still relevant in many of its features, not merely for China but also for the West. Contents include: The background of Confucian political philosophy; the state and its origin; political unity and organization; the principle of benevolent government; law and justice; democracy and representation, social evolution.

The Encyclopedia of Confucianism - 2-volume set (Hardcover): Xinzhong Yao The Encyclopedia of Confucianism - 2-volume set (Hardcover)
Xinzhong Yao
R12,817 Discovery Miles 128 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


The Encyclopedia, the first of its kind, introduces Confucianism as a whole, with 1235 entries giving full information on its history, doctrines, schools, rituals, sacred places and terminology, and on the adaptation, transformation and new thinking taking place in China and other Eastern Asian countries. An indispensable source for further study and research for students and scholars.

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