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Sources of Chinese tradition

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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 sourcebook, 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's 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 the central 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Revival and Neo-Confucianism, details the revival of Confucian thought in the Tang, Song, and Ming periods, with historical documents that link philosophical thought to political, social, and educational developments in late imperial China.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.—Publisher

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1963, Columbia University Press
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1960, Columbia University Press
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Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. [949]-956.
Translations from various sources and by various individuals.

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New York, USA
Series
Records of Civilization: Sources and Studies
Copyright Date
1960

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
951.0082
Library of Congress
DS703 .D4

Contributors

Editor
Wm. Theodore de Bary
Compiler
Wm. Theodore de Bary
Compiler
Wing-tsit Chan
Compiler
Burton Watson
Contributor
Yi-pao Mei
Contributor
Leon Hurvitz
Contributor
T'ung-tsu Ch'u

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Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xxiv, 976 p.
Number of pages
976

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL5797503M
Internet Archive
sourcesofchinese0000unse
LCCN
60009911
Library Thing
90477

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"Any attempt to describe the thought of the most ancient or pre-Confucian period of Chinese history is immediately faced with two difficulties."

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