This book traces the trajectory of traditional Chinese ethics from
West Zhou Dynasty (1046-771 BC) through Qing Dynasty (1616-1912)
and covers a myriad of Chinese philosophers who have expressed
their ideas about the relationships between Heavenly Dao vs.
Earthly Dao, Good vs. Evil, Morality vs. Legality, Knowledge vs.
Behavior, Motive vs. Result, Righteousness vs. Profitability,
Rationality vs. Animality. In this book, the readers can find
Confucius's discussion on Rite and Benevolence, Lao Zi's meditation
on Inaction of Great Dao, Zhuang Zi's elaboration on
"Transcendental Freedom", Mohist utilitarian "Universal Love", and
Mencian theory of "Primordial Good Humanity", to name just a few
phenomenal figures. A compact yet elaborate, panoramic yet profound
guidebook to traditional Chinese ethical thought, this book is an
excellent window to showcase traditional Chinese mental and
spiritual legacy. Composed, translated, and proofread by brilliant
scholars, it produces a fluent and coherent English discourse of
Chinese morality and ethics, nimbly spinning together the threads
of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and other ideological schools
with brief references to the historical situation. Consequently, it
provides English readers, especially those curious about Chinese
psychology and rationality, with thought-provoking and
horizon-expanding perspectives, and provides Chinese readers,
especially those of philosophy and translation, with a great number
of typical and characteristic quotes of archaic Chinese that have
never been translated before. Ultimately, it is a fundamental
threshold to learning about Chinese people, Chinese culture,
Chinese morality, Chinese mentality, Chinese policy, and Chinese
diplomacy.
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