Reading the Analects Today

One of China's most prominent contemporary philosophers reads and comments on one of the central texts in the Chinese philosophical tradition.

About the author

Li Zehou (1930-2021) was a philosopher who taught in both China and the United States. His many books include A History of Classical Chinese Thought and The Path of Beauty: A Study of Chinese Aesthetics. Maija Bell Samei is the author of Gendered Persona and Poetic Voice: The Abandoned Woman in Early Chinese Song Lyrics and the translator of The Chinese Aesthetic Tradition, also by Li Zehou, and Seven Lectures on Wang Guowei's Renjian Cihua, by Florence Chia-ying Yeh.

Product details

• Authors: Zehou Li
• Assisted by: Samei Maija Bell (Translation)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.05.2025
• EAN: 9798855802801
• ISBN: 9798855802801
• No. of pages: 482
• Series: SUNY series, Translating China
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; China, Ethnic Studies, RELIGION / Eastern, Asia, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, HISTORY / Asia / China, RELIGION / Confucianism, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Asian History, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy, East Asian religions, Oriental Religions, Confucianism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies