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Shizi: China´s First Syncretist
Paul Fischer
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Description for Shizi: China´s First Syncretist
Hardback. Translator(s): Fischer, Paul. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231159067
SKU
V9780231159067
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About Paul Fischer
Paul Fischer is an assistant professor of Chinese history at Western Kentucky University. He received his Ph.D. from the department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago.
Reviews for Shizi: China´s First Syncretist
Paul Fischer's translation of Shizi shows us that the world of thought in ancient China is a vast space, like a starry sky, and the famous thinkers such as Kongzi, Mozi, and Laozi are only the brightest of so many stars. Fischer provides a way to find many forgotten thinkers that should be reexamined, as in fact they are treasure ... Read more