Ebook: Self-realization through Confucian learning : a contemporary reconstruction of Xunzi’s ethics
Author: Tang Siu-Fu, Xunzi
- Tags: Xunzi -- 340 B C -245 B C, Confucian ethics, Philosophy Chinese -- To 221 B C, Philosophy Confucian -- China, Philosophy Chinese, Philosophy Confucian, China
- Series: SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
- Year: 2016
- Publisher: State University of New York Press
- City: China.
- Language: English
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"Self-realization through Confucian Learning reconstructs Confucian thinker Xunzi's moral philosophy in response to the modern focus on self-realization. Xunzi (born around 310 BCE) claims that human xing ("nature" or "native conditions") is without an ethical framework and has a tendency to dominate, leading to bad judgments and bad behavior. Confucian ritual propriety (li) is needed to transform these human native Read more...