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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783863203321

Titolo

Filial piety in Chinese thought and history / / edited by Alan K.L. Chan and Sor-hoon Tan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-32812-5

1-134-32813-3

1-280-10375-2

0-203-68502-4

0-203-41388-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Classificazione

08.10

Altri autori (Persone)

ChanAlan Kam-leung <1956->

TanSor-hoon <1965->

Disciplina

173

Soggetti

Filial piety - China

Conduct of life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Began at a workshop on "Conceptions of Filial Piety in Chinese Thought and History" organized by the Department of Philosophy and the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore (NUS), in 2002"--Acknowledgments.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Filial Piety in Chinese Thought and History; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The evolution of the concept of filial piety (xiao) in the Laozi, the Zhuangzi, and the Guodian bamboo text Yucong; 2 Filial piety with a vengeance: the tension between rites and law in the Han; 3 Reverent caring: the parent-son relationship in early medieval tales of filial offspring; 4 Filial devotion for women: a Buddhist testimony from third-century China; 5 Immortal parents and universal kin: family values in medieval Daoism

6 Filial piety and "authentic parents" in religious Daoism7 Imperial filial piety as a political problem; 8 Emperor Chengzu and imperial filial piety of the Ming dynasty: from the Classic of Filial Piety to the Biographical Accounts of Filial Piety; 9 Does xiao come before ren?; 10 Filial piety, commiseration, and the virtue of ren; 11 Filial piety as a virtue; 12 Filial



piety as respect for tradition; 13 Reflections on filiality, nature, and nurture; 14 Filial daughters-in-law: questioning Confucian filiality; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is a multi-disciplinary survey that combines historical studies with philosophical analysis from an international team of respected contributors.