On Ethics and History : Essays and Letters of Zhang Xuecheng.
Title:
On Ethics and History : Essays and Letters of Zhang Xuecheng.
Author:
Ivanhoe, Philip.
ISBN:
9780804772884
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (177 pages)
Contents:
Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART I - Introduction -- I. Zhang's Life and Work -- II. The Ethical Philosophy of Zhang Xuecheng -- III. A Brief Guide to the Essays and Letters -- PART II - Essays -- ESSAY I - On the Dao -- Section One -- Section Two -- Section Three -- ESSAY 2 - On Learning -- Section One -- Section Two -- Section Three -- ESSAY 3 - A Treatise on Teachers -- ESSAY 4 - Conventional Convictions -- ESSAY 5 - The Difficulty of Being Understood -- ESSAY 6 - The Analogy of Heaven -- ESSAY 7 - Breadth and Economy -- Section One -- Section Two -- Section Three -- ESSAY 8 - Virtue in an Historian -- ESSAY 9 - Virtue in a Litterateur -- ESSAY 10 - The Principles of Literature -- ESSAY 11 - Distinguishing What Only Seems to Be -- PART III - Letters -- LETTER 1 - Letter on Learning to Zhu Canmei of the Grand Secretariat -- LETTER 2 - Letter on Learning to My Clansman Runan -- LETTER 3 - Reply to Shen Zaiting Discussing Learning -- LETTER 4 - Letter on Learning to Chen Jianting -- APPENDICES - Three Works by Han Yu -- Notes -- Selective Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
This is the first collection of Zhang Xuecheng's essays and letters translated into English, offering a rare example of his work on ethical philosophy from the Qing dynasty.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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