On ethics and history [[electronic resource] ] : essays and letters of Zhang Xuecheng / / translated and with an introduction by Philip J. Ivanhoe

• Autore: Zhang Xuecheng <1738-1801.>
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (208 p.)
• Disciplina: 170.92
• Soggetto topico: History - Philosophy
• Soggetto geografico: China Historiography
• Altri autori: IvanhoeP. J HanYu <768-824.>
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Introduction; Part II: Essays; 1. On the Dao; 2. On Learning; 3. A Treatise on Teachers; 4. Conventional Convictions; 5. The Difficulty of Being Understood; 6. The Analogy of Heaven; 7. Breadth and Economy; 8. Virtue in an Historian; 9. Virtue in a Litterateur; 10. The Principles of Literature; 11. Distinguishing What Only Seems to Be; Part III: Letters; 1. Letter on Learning to Zhu Cangmei of the Grand Secretariat; 2. Letter on Learning to My Clansman Runan; 3. Reply to Shen Zaiting Discussing Learning; 4. Letter on Learning to Chen Jianting ; Appendices: Three Works by Han Yu1. On the Dao; 2. A Treatise on Teachers; 3. Letter in Reply to Li Yi; Notes; Selective Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This is the first collection of Zhang Xuecheng's essays and letters translated into English, offering a rare example of his work on ethical philosophy from the Qing dynasty.
• Titolo autorizzato: On ethics and history
• ISBN: 0-8047-7288-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781049703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II