The Trouble with Confucianism by Wm Theodore De Bary

The Trouble with Confucianism by Wm Theodore De Bary

In Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and other parts of East and Southeast Asia, as well as China, people are asking, What does Confucianism have to offer today? For some, Confucius is still the symbol of a reactionary and repressive past; for others, he is the humanist admired by generations of scholars and thinkers, East and West, for his ethical system and discipline. In the face of such complications, only a scholar of Theodore de Bary's stature could venture broad answers to the question of the significance of Confucianism in today's world.

It is a pleasure to read a book by a fine scholar who is not distracted from his discussion of the evolution of Confucianism from the time of Confucius himself (who drew on earlier traditions) by the trouble Confucianists had, and created, over the millenniaGu Jiegang, who said we should study one Confucius at a time--he changed from a historical figure to a mythological one (even a magician) and a sage--would have liked this book. * Asian Studies Review *

William Theodore de Bary was John Mitchell Mason Professor of the University, Emeritus, and Provost Emeritus at Columbia University.

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ISBN 13	9780674910164
ISBN 10	0674910168
Title	The Trouble with Confucianism
Author	Wm Theodore De Bary
Series	The Tanner Lectures On Human Values
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Harvard University Press
Year published	1996-02-01
Number of pages	150
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