Zhang, Xuecheng.
On Ethics and History : Essays and Letters of Zhang Xuecheng. - 1 online resource (208 pages)
Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Introduction -- Part II: Essays -- 1. On the Dao -- 2. On Learning -- 3. A Treatise on Teachers -- 4. Conventional Convictions -- 5. The Difficulty of Being Understood -- 6. The Analogy of Heaven -- 7. Breadth and Economy -- 8. Virtue in an Historian -- 9. Virtue in a Litterateur -- 10. The Principles of Literature -- 11. Distinguishing What Only Seems to Be -- Part III: Letters -- 1. Letter on Learning to Zhu Cangmei of the Grand Secretariat -- 2. Letter on Learning to My Clansman Runan -- 3. Reply to Shen Zaiting Discussing Learning -- 4. Letter on Learning to Chen Jianting -- Appendices: Three Works by Han Yu -- 1. On the Dao -- 2. A Treatise on Teachers -- 3. Letter in Reply to Li Yi -- Notes -- Selective Bibliography -- Index.
This is the first collection of Zhang Xuecheng's essays and letters translated into English, offering a rare example of his work on ethical philosophy from the Qing dynasty.
9780804772884
China -- Historiography.
History -- Philosophy.
Zhang, Xuecheng, -- 1738-1801 -- Correspondence.
Zhang, Xuecheng, -- 1738-1801 -- Ethics.
Electronic books.
DS734
170.92
On Ethics and History : Essays and Letters of Zhang Xuecheng. - 1 online resource (208 pages)
Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Introduction -- Part II: Essays -- 1. On the Dao -- 2. On Learning -- 3. A Treatise on Teachers -- 4. Conventional Convictions -- 5. The Difficulty of Being Understood -- 6. The Analogy of Heaven -- 7. Breadth and Economy -- 8. Virtue in an Historian -- 9. Virtue in a Litterateur -- 10. The Principles of Literature -- 11. Distinguishing What Only Seems to Be -- Part III: Letters -- 1. Letter on Learning to Zhu Cangmei of the Grand Secretariat -- 2. Letter on Learning to My Clansman Runan -- 3. Reply to Shen Zaiting Discussing Learning -- 4. Letter on Learning to Chen Jianting -- Appendices: Three Works by Han Yu -- 1. On the Dao -- 2. A Treatise on Teachers -- 3. Letter in Reply to Li Yi -- Notes -- Selective Bibliography -- Index.
This is the first collection of Zhang Xuecheng's essays and letters translated into English, offering a rare example of his work on ethical philosophy from the Qing dynasty.
9780804772884
China -- Historiography.
History -- Philosophy.
Zhang, Xuecheng, -- 1738-1801 -- Correspondence.
Zhang, Xuecheng, -- 1738-1801 -- Ethics.
Electronic books.
DS734
170.92