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Xunzi - A Translation and Study of the Complete Works: -Vol. I, Books 1-6 (Hardcover)
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Xunzi - A Translation and Study of the Complete Works: -Vol. I, Books 1-6 (Hardcover)
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Coming at the end of the great flowering of philosophical inquiry
in Warring States China, when the foundations for traditional
Chinese thought were laid, Xunzi occupies a place analogous to that
of Aristotle in the West. The collection of works bearing his name
contains not only the most systematic philosophical exposition by
any early Confucian thinker, but also account of virtually every
aspect of the intellectual, cultural, and social life of his time.
Xunzi was a social critic and intellectual historian as well as a
philosopher. He was also extremely active in the political and
academic circles of his day, and his teaching had a great influence
on the initial institutional organization of a unified China under
the first Qin emperor, an influence that continued (though often
unacknowledged) through later centuries. This is the first of three
volumes that will constitute the first complete translation of
Xunzi into English. The present volume consists of a general
introduction and Books 1-6, dealing with self-cultivation,
learning, and education. The translation is accompanied by
substantial explanatory material identifying technical terms,
persons, and events; detailed introductions to each book; and
extensive annotation, with characters when desirable, indicating
the basis of the translations. The general introduction recounts
the biography of Xunzi, his later influence, the intellectual world
in which he lived, and the basic terms that the ancient Chinese
used to conceptualize nature and society.
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