Mencius: Contexts and Interpretations 9780824863609
For two thousand years the Mencius was revered as one of the foundational texts of the Confucian canon, which formed the
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Ideological Background of the Mencian Discussion of Human Nature
2. A Matter of Taste: Qi (Vital Energy) and the Tending of the Heart (Xin) in Mencius 2A2 ALAN K. L. CHAN
3. Mencius and a Process Notion of Human Nature
4. Biology and Culture in the Mencian View of Human Nature
5. Mengzi and Gaozi on Nei and Wai
6. Xin and Moral Failure: Notes on an Aspect of Mencius’ Moral Psychology
7. Understanding Words and Knowing Men
8. Between Family and State: Relational Tensions in Confucian Ethics
9. Casuistry and Character in the Mencius
10. Mencius, Xunzi, and Dai Zhen
11. The Nature and Historical Context of the Mencius
12. Mengzi as Philosopher of History
13. Mencius and an Ethics of the New Century
Contributors
Index
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Ideological Background of the Mencian Discussion of Human Nature
2. A Matter of Taste: Qi (Vital Energy) and the Tending of the Heart (Xin) in Mencius 2A2 ALAN K. L. CHAN
3. Mencius and a Process Notion of Human Nature
4. Biology and Culture in the Mencian View of Human Nature
5. Mengzi and Gaozi on Nei and Wai
6. Xin and Moral Failure: Notes on an Aspect of Mencius’ Moral Psychology
7. Understanding Words and Knowing Men
8. Between Family and State: Relational Tensions in Confucian Ethics
9. Casuistry and Character in the Mencius
10. Mencius, Xunzi, and Dai Zhen
11. The Nature and Historical Context of the Mencius
12. Mengzi as Philosopher of History
13. Mencius and an Ethics of the New Century
Contributors
Index
- Author / Uploaded
- Alan K. L. Chan (editor)
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