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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788312303321

Autore

Yang Xiong <53 B.C.-18 A.D.>

Titolo

Exemplary figures [[electronic resource] =] : Fayan / / Yang Xiong ; Translated by Michael Nylan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, : University of Washington Press, 2013

ISBN

0-295-80468-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (358 p.)

Collana

Classics of Chinese thought

Altri autori (Persone)

NylanMichael

Disciplina

181/.11

Soggetti

Philosophy, Chinese

Ethics - China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chronology of Dynasties""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1. Learning and Practicing""; ""Chapter 2. Our Masters""; ""Chapter 3. Cultivating One's Person ""; ""Chapter 4. Asking about the Way""; ""Chapter 5. Asking about Divine Insight""; ""Chapter 6. Asking about Illumination""; ""Chapter 7. Things Rarely Seen""; ""Chapter 8. Every Five Hundred Years""; ""Chapter 9. Foresight""; ""Chapter 10. Chong and Li""; ""Chapter 11. Yan Hui and Min Ziqian""; ""Chapter 12. The Noble Man""; ""Chapter 13. Honoring the Ancestors, the Ultimate Duty""

""Glossary of Names, Legendary and Historical""""Abbreviations""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""