Thought of Chang Tsai (1020-1077)

Klappentext A thorough analysis of Chang's contribution to the reinvigoration of Confucian thought in eleventh-century China. Zusammenfassung One of the major eleventh-century Chinese philosophers! Chang Tsai helped to reinvigorate Confucian thought. This book analyses in depth Chang's views of man! his nature and endowments! the cosmos! heaven and earth! the problems of learning and self-cultivation! the ideal of the sage - and how that ideal might be attained. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; 1. The intellectual climate of the eleventh century; 2. Heaven-and-earth; 3. Man; 4. Sagehood; 5. Conclusion; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Kasoff Ira E., Ira Kasoff, IRA E. Kasoff
• Assisted by: Patrick Hannan (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.07.2002
• EAN: 9780521529471
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52947-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Chinese H
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions