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Mencius : contexts and interpretations /

For two thousand years the Mencius was revered as one of the foundational texts of the Confucian canon, which formed the basis of traditional Chinese education. Today it commands considerable attention in current debates on "Asian values" raging in classrooms and boardrooms in both East As...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Chan, Alan Kam-leung, 1956- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, ©2002.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The ideological background of the Mencian discussion of human nature: a reexamination / Ning Chen
  • A matter of taste: Qi (vital energy) and the tending of the heart (Xin) in Mencius 2A2 / Alan K.L. Chan
  • Mencius and a process notion of human nature / Roger T. Ames
  • Biology and culture in the Mencian view of human nature / Irene Bloom
  • Mengzi and Gaozi on Nei and Wai / Kim-Chong Chong
  • Xin and moral failure: notes on an aspect of Mencius' moral psychology / Antonio S. Chua
  • Understanding words and knowing men / Jiuan Heng
  • Between family and state: relational tensions in Confucian ethics / Sor-Hoon Tan
  • Casuisty and character in the Mencius / Robert Eno
  • Mencius, Xunzi, and Dai Zhen: a study of the Mengzi ziyi shuzheng / Kwong-Loi Shun
  • The nature and historical context of the Mencius / E. Bruce Brooks and A. Taeko Brooks
  • Mengzi as philosopher of history / David Nivison
  • Mencius and an ethics of the new century / Donald J. Munro.