Zhu XI - Selected Writings

This volume contains translations, by a range of leading scholars, focusing on core themes in the philosophy of Zhu Xi (1130-1200), one of the most influential Chinese thinkers of the later Confucian tradition. It includes an Introduction, a chronology of important events, and a list of key terms.

About the author

Philip J. Ivanhoe is Distinguished Chair Professor in the College of Confucian Studies and Eastern Philosophy at Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea where he is Director of the Sungkyun Institute for Confucian Studies and East Asian Philosophy and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Confucian Philosophy and Culture. He specializes in East Asian philosophy and religion and their potential for contemporary ethics.

Summary

This volume contains translations, by a range of leading scholars, focusing on core themes in the philosophy of Zhu Xi (1130-1200), one of the most influential Chinese thinkers of the later Confucian tradition. It includes an Introduction, a chronology of important events, and a list of key terms.

Additional text

The annotated translations crafted by some of the best of their art are of sophisticated quality ... a truly stimulating collection.

Product details

• Authors: Philip J. Ivanhoe, Philip J. (Distinguished Chair Professor Ivanhoe
• Assisted by: Philip J. Ivanhoe (Editor), Philip J. Ivanhoe (Translation), Philip J. Ivanhoe (Editor and translation), Ivanhoe Philip J. (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9780190861254
• ISBN: 978-0-19-086125-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Oxford Chinese Thought; Oxford Chinese Thought
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions; PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, RELIGION / Philosophy, RELIGION / Confucianism, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy, Confucianism