On Ethics and History : Essays and Letters of Zhang Xuecheng.

By: Zhang, XuechengContributor(s): Ivanhoe, Phillip J | Han, YuMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Redwood City : Stanford University Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (208 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780804772884Subject(s): China -- Historiography | History -- Philosophy | Zhang, Xuecheng, -- 1738-1801 -- Correspondence | Zhang, Xuecheng, -- 1738-1801 -- EthicsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: On Ethics and History : Essays and Letters of Zhang XuechengDDC classification: 170.92 LOC classification: DS734Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

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.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by Koha