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Shizi
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 2012-07-03 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780231504171 |
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By blending multiple strands of thought into one ideology, Chinese Syncretists of the pre-imperial period created an essential guide to contemporary ideas about self, society, and government. Merging traditions such as Ruism, Mohism, Daoism, Legalism, and Yin-Yang naturalism into their work, Syncretists created an integrated intellectual approach that contrasts with other, more specific philosophies. Presenting the first full English translation of the earliest example of a Syncretist text, this volume introduces Western scholars to both the brilliance of the syncretic method and a critical work of Chinese leadership. Written by Shi Jiao, China's first syncretic thinker, during the Warring States Period of 481 to 221 BCE, Shizi is similar to Machiavelli's The Prince in that it dispenses wisdom to would-be rulers. It stresses the need for leaders to be detached and objective. It further encourages self-cultivation and effective government, recommending that rulers maintain self-discipline, hire reliable people, delegate power transparently, and promote others in an orderly fashion. The people, it is argued, will emulate their leader's wisdom and virtue, and a just and peaceful state will result. Paul Fischer provides an extensive introduction and a chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis of the text—outlining the importance of syncretism in Chinese culture—and explores the text's particular features, authorship, transmission, loss, and reconstruction over time. The Shizi set the stage for a long history of syncretic endeavor in China, and its study provides insight into the vital traditions of early Chinese philosophy. It is also a template for interpreting other well-known works, such as the Confucian Analects, the Daoist Laozi, the Mohist Mozi, and the Legalist Shang jun shu.
A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms 23 220 AD
Author | : Rafe de Crespigny |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 1347 |
Release | : 2006-12-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9789047411840 |
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This publication is the long-awaited complement to Michael Loewe's acclaimed Biographical Dictionary of the Qin, Former Han and Xin Periods (2000). With more than 8,000 entries, based upon historical records and surviving inscriptions, the comprehensive Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD) now provides information on men and women of the Chinese world who lived at the time of Later (or Eastern) Han, from Liu Xiu, founding Emperor Guangwu (reg. 24-57), to the celebrated warlord Cao Cao (155-220) at the end of the dynasty. The entries, including surnames, personal names, styles and dates, are accompanied by maps, genealogical tables and indexes, with lists of books and special accounts of women. These features, together with the convenient surveys of the history and the administrative structure of the dynasty, will make Rafe de Crespigny's work an indispensable tool for any further serious study of a significant but comparatively neglected period of imperial China.
ABC Chinese English Dictionary
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 922 |
Release | : 1999-01-01 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 9780824875855 |
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Chinese Guru Companion Manual HSK 2 Stories Volume 1
Author | : Samuel REAUD |
Publsiher | : Xamisoft |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2024 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9798326267917 |
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The Chinese Guru Companion Manual, your essential guide to mastering Chinese through a structured and engaging approach. This manual is designed to complement the Chinese Guru mobile application, available on the App Store and Google Play Store, but it can also be used on its own. Our aim is to enhance your learning experience by providing you with a comprehensive collection of texts, vocabulary lists, grammatical notes, and cultural insights. This is the HSK 2+ volume. It contains 10 stories already available in the Chinese Guru mobile application.
Kvant Selecta Combinatorics I
Author | : Serge Tabachnikov |
Publsiher | : American Mathematical Soc. |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 0821821717 |
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This volume is a collection of articles translated from Russian editions of the journal "Kvant"--T.p. verso.
Between History and Philosophy
Author | : Paul van Els,Sarah A. Queen |
Publsiher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2017-08-21 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781438466118 |
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Analyzes the use of anecdotes as an essential rhetorical tool and form of persuasion in various literary genres in early China. Between History and Philosophy is the first book-length study in English to focus on the rhetorical functions and forms of anecdotal narratives in early China. Edited by Paul van Els and Sarah A. Queen, this volume advances the thesis that anecdotesbrief, freestanding accounts of single events involving historical figures, and occasionally also unnamed persons, animals, objects, or abstractionsserved as an essential tool of persuasion and meaning-making within larger texts. Contributors to the volume analyze the use of anecdotes from the Warring States Period to the Han Dynasty, including their relations to other types of narrative, their circulation and reception, and their central position as a mode of argumentation in a variety of historical and philosophical literary genres.
Guodian
Author | : Kenneth Holloway |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2009-01-28 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780199707683 |
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Fourteen years ago, a corpus of bamboo-strip texts was found in a late-fourth-century-BCE tomb at Jingmen, Hubei province in central China. The discovery of the "Guodian" texts, together with other recently discovered Warring States manuscripts, has revolutionized the study of early Chinese intellectual history. Kenneth Holloway argues that the Guodian corpus puts forth a political philosophy based on the harmonious interconnection of individuals engaged in moral self cultivation. This unique worldview, says Holloway, cannot meaningfully be categorized as "Confucian" or "Daoist," because it shares important concepts and vocabulary with a number of different textual traditions that have anachronistically been characterized as competing or incompatible "schools" of thought. He finds that within the Guodian corpus familiar philosophical concepts and texts are applied in distinctive ways, presenting a worldview that is quite different from the received textual traditions. In addition to contributing to our understanding of this particular body of texts, Holloway proposes a methodology for assessing a corpus of texts without relying on assumptions and definitions that derive from two millennia of scholarship.