Shizi [[electronic resource] ] : China's First Syncretist

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808269303321
• Autore: Fischer Paul
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Columbia University Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (259 p.)
• Disciplina: 181.11
• Soggetti: Mohism; Philosophy, Chinese; Ruism; Philosophy & Religion; Philosophy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; Content; Transmission; Key Terms; Annotated Translation; 1. Exhortation to Learn; 2. Honoring Words (of Good Advice); 3. Four Kinds of Proper Conduct; 4. The Enlightenment Hall; 5. Allocation; 6. Emerging from Delusion; 7. Consideration; 8. Governing the World; 9. Good Intentions; 10. Broad-mindedness; 11. Generous Fellows; 12. Dwelling in the Way; 13. Spiritous Enlightenment; 14. Stopping the Chu Army; 15. The Ruler's Governance; Fragments; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: By blending multiple strands of thought into one ideology, Chinese Syncretists of the pre-imperial period created an essential guide to contemporary ideas about society and government. Merging traditions such as Ruism, Mohism, Daoism, Legalism, and Yin-Yang naturalism into their work, Syncretists supported an integrated intellectual approach that contrasted with the exclusivist philosophies of Confucianism and Daoism. Presenting the first full English translation of the earliest example of a Syncretist text, this volume introduces Western scholars to both the brilliance of the syncretic m