The trouble with Confucianism

The trouble with Confucianism / Wm. Theodore De Bary.

In Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and other parts of East and Southeast Asia, as well as China, people are asking, "What does Confucianism have to offer today?" For some, Confucius is still the symbol of a reactionary and repressive past; for others, he is the humanist admired by generat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Bary, Wm. Theodore, 1919-2017
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 1991.
Edition:1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed., 1996.
Series:Tanner Lectures on Human Values.
Subjects:
Confucianism.
Neo-Confucianism.
RELIGION > Confucianism.
Confucianism
Neo-Confucianism
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1 Sage-Kings and Prophets
  • 2 The Noble Man in the Analects
  • 3 Imperial Sages and Confucian Noble Men
  • 4 Autocracy and the Prophetic Message in Orthodox Neo-Confucianism
  • 5 Fang Tung-shu, a Prophetic Voice in the Early Modern Age
  • 6 The Prophet and the People
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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