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20%OFFDaniel K. Gardner - Four Books - 9780872208261 - V9780872208261
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Four Books

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Description for Four Books Paperback. .

In this engaging volume, Daniel Gardner explains the way in which the Four Books--Great Learning, Analects, Mencius, and Maintaining Perfect Balance--have been read and understood by the Chinese since the twelfth century. Selected passages in translation are accompanied by Gardner's comments, which incorporate selections from the commentary and interpretation of the renowned Neo-Confucian thinker, Zhu Xi (1130-1200).

This study provides an ideal introduction to the basic texts in the Confucian tradition from the twelfth through the twentieth centuries. It guides the reader through Zhu Xi's influential interpretation of the Four Books, showing how Zhu, through the genre of commentary, gave new ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
156
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
174g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Cambridge, MA, United States
ISBN
9780872208261
SKU
V9780872208261
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-3

Reviews for Four Books
Daniel Gardner's The Four Books was perfect for my upper-division lecture course on Late Imperial China, and would also work well in an introductory class on the same period, anything from Song through Qing; or in an introductory week or two on pre-modern China or East Asia in a modern China or modern East Asia history or political science course. ... Read more

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