Ta Hsueh and Chung Yung (the Highest Order of Cultivation and on the Practice of the Mean)

Name: Ta Hsueh and Chung Yung (the Highest Order of Cultivation and on the Practice of the Mean)
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ISBN: 9780140447842

ISBN-10: 0140447849

ISBN-13: 9780140447842

Edition: 2003

Authors: Andrew Plaks, Andrew Plaks, Andrew Plaks, Andrew Plaks, Andrew Plaks

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Ta Hseh(Daxue) and Chung Yung (Zhongyong) are two of the central texts of early Chinese thought, encapsulating the Confucian philosophy of the Way of moral cultivation and spiritual attainment. Traditionally held to be the work of two of Confuciuss closest disciples, the books were compiled in their present form late in the second or first century bce and have occupied a central position in educational, political, and cultural life throughout East Asia for almost a thousand years. The texts focus on the connection between internal self-cultivation and the external realization of ones moral core in the fulfillment of the practical aims of Confucian life: the observance of ritual, the proper…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/25/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.76" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English

Andrew Plaks is a professor of East Asian studies at Princeton University. Xinzhong Yao is a professor of religion and ethics at the University of Wales, Lampeter.