Confucianism A Short Introduction

by Berthrong, John; Berthrong, Evelyn

• ISBN13: 9781851682362
• ISBN10: 1851682368
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-31
• Publisher: Oneworld Publications

Summary

Blending scholarship with an original approach, this new introduction toonfucianism is an informative and intriguing guide to China's ancienthilosophical tradition.;Against the backdrop of 17th century China, the bookollows a Confucian couple, together with their family, friends and staff,hrough a typical day. The result offers a fascinating insight, not only intohe intellectual and scholarly aspects of Confucianism, but also into theature of belief, culture and society in a living philosophical tradition.he key topics covered include: the intellectual and social role of women;onfucianism, art and poetry; the relationship with the western world andestern faiths.;Capturing the full scope of an ancient tradition, thisnnovative, well-research and accessible text should be of interest to anyonenterested in Confucianism, scholars, students and general readers alike.

Author Biography

John H. Berthrong is Director of the Institute for Dialogue Among Religious Traditions, Associate Dean for Academic and Administrative Affairs, and Assistant Professor of Comparative Religion in the School of Theology at Boston University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Introductory Reflections	1	(24)
Introducing Confucian lives	1	(2)
A Confucian world	3	(1)
International and cross-cultural Confucianism	4	(2)
A living tradition	6	(2)
Cultural concerns	8	(1)
Confucianism as a way of life	9	(16)
The Cultivation of the Self	25	(20)
Beginning with becoming a person: self-cultivation	25	(8)
Quiet-sitting	33	(8)
Back to the world	41	(4)
Educating the Person	45	(32)
The importance of education	45	(4)
Texts and commentaries	49	(6)
Education as cultivation	55	(9)
Preparing for the examinations	64	(4)
Teachers of the inner quarters	68	(9)
Transmitting the DAO	77	(30)
The classical world	81	(7)
The orderly Han	88	(2)
Buddhist interruptions	90	(1)
Song revivals	91	(9)
Continuing in the Ming and Quing	100	(7)
Examining Evil and Governing the Quotidian	107	(20)
The evil	109	(6)
The mundane	115	(3)
Technology and Forgery	118	(3)
The material world	121	(6)
Meeting a Western Scholar	127	(18)
Controversy over the rites	140	(5)
Furnishing the Study and Hosting a Reading	145	(22)
Stones and rocks	146	(7)
A poetry gathering	153	(14)
Into The Global and Modern World	167	(24)
Internationalization of Confucianism	167	(1)
Korea	168	(6)
Japan	174	(5)
Into the modern world	179	(6)
The inner sage and outer king	185	(3)
Two beginnings in Qufu	188	(3)
Dynastic and intellectual chronologies	191	(4)
Glossary	195	(4)
Bibliography	199	(2)
Index	201