Li Ao Buddhist, Taoist, or Neo-Confucian?

Name: Li Ao Buddhist, Taoist, or Neo-Confucian?
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ISBN: 9780197136096

ISBN-10: 0197136095

ISBN-13: 9780197136096

Edition: 1992

Authors: T. H. Barrett

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Neo-Confucianism, the state sponsored orthodoxy of China's later empires, is now recognized as an important key to understanding China. This study looks at the roots of Neo-Confucianism in an age when Buddhism and Taoism had eclipsed the Confucian tradition in importance. Li Ao (c. 772-836 A.D.), though generally acknowledged as a forerunner of Neo-Confucianism, is still regarded as deeply influenced by Buddhism. The historical reasons for the creation of this image of Li Ao are examined, prior to a close investigation of the actual circumstances which shaped his Fu-hsing shu, 'Book of Returning to One's True Nature,' the essay which had the deepest influence on the development of early…

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List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/27/1992
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 5.63" wide x 8.75" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



Note on Editions Used


Abbreviations


The Chinese Classics


Introduction



Li Ao and History



Li Ao and Zen



Li Ao and Friends



The Fu-Hsing Shu of Li Ao



Understanding Li Ao: A Historical Approach


Appendix: Li Ao's Date of Birth and the Date of the Fu-Hsing Shu


Glossary


Bibliography


Index