Yan shi jia xun hui zhu ?????? [Assembled Commentaries to "Family Instructions for the Yan Clan"]

ZHOU, Fagao ???, ed

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Four vols. 8vo, orig. printed wrappers & stitching. [Taipei]: Zhong yang yan jiu yuan Li shi yu yan yan jiu suo ????????????, 1960. A scarce edition of these foundational medieval clan rules presented alongside various commentaries. The Family Instructions for the Yan Clan were written by Yan Zhitui ??? (531-93). His work is the "first extant family instructions book." It is "also (and rightly) one of the most, if not the most, famous." Instructions in the tradition of Yan Zhitui s were "based on the rules of behavior and moral imperatives expressed in the Confucian ritual Classics." However, Yan s "work (divided into 20 subject categories) is unusual in many ways. He was not only a scholar but also someone who had learned how to survive by serving both northern and southern courts at a time of constant warfare. He wrote for his sons a testament stressing the importance of probity in conduct and accurate use of words that also provides much detail on contemporary life. No previous work (and few later ones) covered such a wide range, making this one of the most important sources for the period" (Wilkinson, Chinese History, 200). Our book furthermore contains the commentaries of Qing scholars Zhao Ximing ??? (1706-89) and Lu Wenchao ??? (1717-96). Zhou Fagao (1915-94), the editor of our book, was a linguist whose career spanned China, Taiwan, and the United States (Wang, Zhongguo kaoguxue da cidian, 77). Fine and fresh set. Seller Inventory # 10052

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Title: Yan shi jia xun hui zhu ?????? [Assembled ...
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