Authentic Confucius A Life of Thought and Politics

Name: Authentic Confucius A Life of Thought and Politics
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ISBN: 9780743246187

ISBN-10: 0743246187

ISBN-13: 9780743246187

Edition: 2007

Authors: Annping Chin

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For more than two thousand years, Confucius has been an inseparable part of China's history. Yet despite this fame,Confucius the man has been elusive. Now, inThe Authentic Confucius, Annping Chin has worked through the most reliable Chinese texts in her quest to sort out what is really known about Confucius from the reconstructions and the guesswork that muddled his memory. Chin skillfully illuminates the political and social climate in which Confucius lived. She explains how Confucius made the transition from court advisor to wanderer, and how he reluctantly became a professional teacher as he refined his judgment of human character and composed his vision of a moral political order. The…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: 11/6/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English




Leaving Home



Families and Politics



Companions



Wanderings



Return



Teaching



The Rites of Life and Death



Defenders