Xunzi

Author: Xunzi
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691169314
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 430

Book Description
This is the first complete, one-volume English translation of the ancient Chinese text Xunzi, one of the most extensive, sophisticated, and elegant works in the tradition of Confucian thought. Through essays, poetry, dialogues, and anecdotes, the Xunzi presents a more systematic vision of the Confucian ideal than the fragmented sayings of Confucius and Mencius, articulating a Confucian perspective on ethics, politics, warfare, language, psychology, human nature, ritual, and music, among other topics. Aimed at general readers and students of Chinese thought, Eric Hutton’s translation makes the full text of this important work more accessible in English than ever before. This edition features an introduction, a timeline of early Chinese history, a list of important names and terms, cross-references, explanatory notes, a bibliography, and an index.

Xunzi

Author:
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231521316
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 204

Book Description
Xunzi asserted that the original nature of man is evil, differing on this point from Mencius, his famous predecessor in the Confucian school. In the most complete, well-ordered philosophical system of his day, Xunzi advocated the counteraction of man's evil through self-improvement, the pursuit of learning, the avoidance of obsession, and observance of ritual in life. Readers familiar with Xunzi's work will find that Burton Watson's lucid translation breathes new life into this classic. Those new to Xunzi will find his ideas on government, language, and order and safety in society surprisingly close to concerns of our own age.

Virtue, Nature, and Moral Agency in the Xunzi

Author: T. C. Kline
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
ISBN: 9780872205222
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 294

Book Description
Xunzi is traditionally identified as the third philosopher in the Confucian tradition, after Confucius and Mencius. Unlike the work of his two predecessors, he wrote complete essays in which he defends his own interpretation of the Confucian position and attacks the positions of others. Within the early Chinese tradition, Xunzi's writings are arguably the most sophisticated and philosophically developed. This richness of philosophical content has led to a lively discussion of his philosophy among contemporary scholars. This volume collects some of the most accessible and important contemporary essays on the thought of Xunzi, with an Introduction that provides historical background, philosophical context, and relates each of the selections to Xunzi's philosophy as a whole and to the themes of virtue, nature, and moral agency. These themes are also discussed in relation to Western philosophical concerns.

Dao Companion to the Philosophy of Xunzi

Author: Eric L. Hutton
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9401777454
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 574

Book Description
This volume presents a comprehensive analysis of the Confucian thinker Xunzi and his work, which shares the same name. It features a variety of disciplinary perspectives and offers divergent interpretations. The disagreements reveal that, as with any other classic, the Xunzi provides fertile ground for readers. It is a source from which they have drawn—and will continue to draw—different lessons. In more than 15 essays, the contributors examine Xunzi’s views on topics such as human nature, ritual, music, ethics, and politics. They also look at his relations with other thinkers in early China and consider his influence in East Asian intellectual history. A number of important Chinese scholars in the Song dynasty (960–1279 CE) sought to censor the Xunzi. They thought that it offered a heretical and impure version of Confuciansim. As a result, they directed study away from the Xunzi. This has diminished the popularity of the work. However, the essays presented here help to change this situation. They open the text’s riches to Western students and scholars. The book also highlights the substantial impact the Xunzi has had on thinkers throughout history, even on those who were critical of it. Overall, readers will gain new insights and a deeper understanding of this important, but often neglected, thinker.

Theorizing Confucian Virtue Politics

Author: Sungmoon Kim
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108499422
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 253

Book Description
Makes Mencius' and Xunzi's political thought accessible to political theorists, philosophers and scientists with no expertise in classical Chinese or sinology.

Xunzi: Books 1-6

Author: Xunzi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 368

Book Description

Rituals of the Way

Author: Paul Rakita Goldin
Publisher: Open Court Publishing
ISBN: 9780812694000
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
The first study of this ancient text in over 70 years, Rituals of the Way explores how the Xunzi influenced Confucianism and other Chinese philosophies through its emphasis on "the Way."

Ritual and Religion in the Xunzi

Author: T. C. Kline III
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 1438451954
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
Challenges traditional views to consider Xunzi as a religious thinker. Xunzi, a founding figure in the Confucian tradition, is one of the worlds great philosophers and theorists of religion. For much of the last century, his work has been seen largely as critical of religion, particularly the popular beliefs and invocations of supernatural forces that underpin so many religious rituals. Contributors to this volume challenge this view and offer a more sophisticated picture of Xunzi. He emerges not as critic, but rather as an adherent of religion who seeks to give religious practices meaning even though many religious beliefs are mistaken or self-serving. Each essay offers a powerful illustration of Xunzi as both a religious devotee and as a philosopher of religion, drawing on a wide array of disciplines and methodologies.

Nature and Heaven in the Xunzi

Author: Edward J. Machle
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 143841157X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
This translation and commentary on Xunzi's Tian Lun argues against naturalistic interpretations of Tian. Tracing the course of interpretation of Xunzi down to the present, discussing some of the influences that affected how he was understood, and raising questions about some contemporary revisionary attempts, Machle suggests unusual lines of interpretation.

Xunzi And Early Chinese Naturalism

Author: Janghee Lee
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791461976
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 152

Book Description
Explores Xunzi's thought in relation to the early Chinese philosophical context that relied on the natural world.