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Michael Nylan

Yang Xiong and the Pleasures of Reading and Classical Learning in China

English · Hardback

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Summary

Yang Xiong (53 BC-AD 18), the Han philosophical master was supremely aware of longstanding traditions, ascribed both to the sages and to the Classics, contrasting the unusual strength of the basic drives for food and sex with the general weakness of the acquired inclinations toward moral behaviour.

Product details

Authors	Michael Nylan
Publisher	American Oriental Society

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	30.06.2011

EAN	9780940490321
ISBN	978-0-940490-32-1
No. of pages	158
Dimensions	260 mm x 185 mm x 18 mm
Weight	526 g
Series	American Oriental Series
Subject	Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies

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