Confucius beyond the analects / by Michael Hunter.

In this book, Michael Hunter challenges the standard view of the 'Analects' as the earliest and most authoritative source of the teachings of Confucius. Arguing from a comprehensive survey of the thousands of extant sayings and stories from the early period, Hunter situates the compilation...

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Main Author: Hunter, Michael, Ph.D (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Chinese
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
Series:Studies in the history of Chinese texts ; v. 7.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1; Beyond the Analects ; Chapter 1; The Big Picture; Chapter 2; A Dozen Perspectives on "Confucius" beyond the Analects; Part 2; The Analects in Context ; Chapter 3; The Analects Ascendant, ca. 100 BCE-220 CE; Chapter 4; Searching for a Pre-Han Analects; Chapter 5; Reading the Analects in Context; Digression; The Compilation and Rise of the Analects: A Speculative Scenario; Chapter 6; Conclusion: Confucius, the Analects, and Early Chinese Thought.