Sources of Chinese Tradition, Volume II - Softcover

De Bary, William Theodore; Chan, Wing-Tsit

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9780231086035: Sources of Chinese Tradition, Volume II

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ISBN 10: 0231086032 ISBN 13: 9780231086035

Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr, 1964

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Tsunoda, Ryusaka / De Bary, Wm. Theodore / Keene, Donald. Sources of Japanese Tradition: Volume II. New York, Columbia University Press, 1964. 8�. XIV, 406 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes. [Introduction to Oriental Civilizations] Includes for example: The Deabate over Seclusion and Restoration / The Meiji Era / The High Tide of Prewar Liberalism / The Rise of Revolutionary Liberalism / The Japanese Social Movement / The Japanese Tradition in the Modern World /

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The single most valuable collection of English-language readings on China past and present for more than thirty years―now thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the changing currents of recent Chinese history. Stretching from the founding of the Qing dynasty to the aftermath of the crackdown at Tiananmen Square, Sources of Chinese Tradition, Volume II is a rich treasury of primary source readings illuminating the past three and a half centuries of Chinese culture.

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A COLLECTION OF seminal primary readings on the social, intellectual, and religious traditions of China, Sources of Chinese Tradition, Volume 1 has been widely used and praised for almost forty years as an authoritative resource for scholars and students and as a thorough and engaging introduction for general readers. Here at last is a completely revised and expanded edition of this classic source-book, compiled by noted China scholars Wm. Theodore de Bary and Irene Bloom. Updated to reflect recent scholarly developments, with extensive material on popular thought and religion, social roles, and women's education, this edition features new translations of more than half the works from the first edition, as well as many new selections.

Arranged chronologically, this anthology is divided into four parts, beginning at the dawn of literate Chinese civilization with the Oracle-Bone inscriptions of the late Shang dynasty (1571-1045 B.C.E.) and continuing through the end of the Ming dynasty (C.E. 1644). Each chapter has an introduction that provides useful historical context and offers interpretive strategies for understanding the readings.

The first part, The Chinese Tradition in Antiquity, considers the early development of Chinese civilization and includes selections from Confucius' Analects, the texts of Mencius and Laozi, as well as other key texts from the Confucian, Daoist, and Legalist schools. Part 2, The Making of a Classical Culture, focuses on Han China with readings from the Classic of Changes (I Jing), the Classic of Filiality, major Han syntheses, and the great historians of the Han dynasty. The development of Buddhism, from the earliest translations from Sanskrit to thecentral texts of the Chan school (which became Zen in Japan), is the subject of the third section of the book. Titled Later Daoism and Mahayana Buddhism in China, this part also covers the teachings of Wang Bi, Daoist religion, and texts of the major schools of Buddhist doctrine and practice. The final part, The Confucian Revival and Neo-Confucianism, details the revival of Confucian thought in the Tang, Song, and Ming periods, with historical documents that link philosophical thought to political, social, and educational developments in late imperial China.

With annotations, a detailed chronology, glossary, and a new introduction by the editors, Sources of Chinese Tradition will continue to be a standard resource, guidebook, and introduction to Chinese civilization well into the twenty-first century.

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