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Ivanhoe, P. J

Confucian moral self cultivation / Philip J. Ivanhoe - Second edition - USA : Hackett Publishing company c2000 - xvii, 125 pages ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-117) and indexes

Kongzi ("Confucius") -- Mengzi ("Mencius") -- Xunzi -- Zhu Xi -- Wang Yangming -- Yan Yuan -- Dai Zhen

A concise and accessible introduction to the evolution of the concept of moral self cultivation in the Chinese Confucian tradition, this volume begins with an explanation of the pre-philosophical development of ideas central to this concept, followed by an examination of the specific treatment of self cultivation in the philosophy of Kongzi ("Confucius"), Mengzi ("Mencius"), Xunzi, Zhu Xi, Wang Yangming, Yan Yuan, and Dai Zhen. In addition to providing a survey of the views of some of the most influential Confucian thinkers on an issue of fundamental importance to the tradition, Philip J. Ivanhoe also relates their concern with moral self cultivation to a number of topics in the Western ethical tradition. -- from back cover

ISBN: 0872205096 9780872205093 0872205088 9780872205086

LCCN: 99052082

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ethics--China.
Philosophy, Confucian.

LC Class. No.: BJ117 / .I8 2000

Dewey Class. No.: ARCH YNDC 171 I93C