Xunzi (eBook)

The Complete Text

Xunzi (Autor)

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2014
432 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-5255-0 (ISBN)

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Eric L. Hutton is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Utah.

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This is the first complete, one-volume English translation of the ancient Chinese text Xunzi, one of the most extensive, sophisticated, and elegant works in the tradition of Confucian thought. Through essays, poetry, dialogues, and anecdotes, the Xunzi articulates a Confucian perspective on ethics, politics, warfare, language, psychology, human nature, ritual, and music, among other topics. Aimed at general readers and students of Chinese thought, Eric Hutton's translation makes the full text of this important work more accessible in English than ever before.Named for its purported author, the Xunzi (literally, "e;Master Xun"e;) has long been neglected compared to works such as the Analects of Confucius and the Mencius. Yet interest in the Xunzi has grown in recent decades, and the text presents a much more systematic vision of the Confucian ideal than the fragmented sayings of Confucius and Mencius. In one famous, explicit contrast to them, the Xunzi argues that human nature is bad. However, it also allows that people can become good through rituals and institutions established by earlier sages. Indeed, the main purpose of the Xunzi is to urge people to become as good as possible, both for their own sakes and for the sake of peace and order in the world.In this edition, key terms are consistently translated to aid understanding and line numbers are provided for easy reference. Other features include a concise introduction, a timeline of early Chinese history, a list of important names and terms, cross-references, brief explanatory notes, a bibliography, and an index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.10.2014
• Einführung: Eric L. Hutton
• Übersetzer: Eric L. Hutton
• Zusatzinfo: 1 line illus.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Schlagworte: Acquiescence • Analects • Analogy • ancient China • Anecdote • aphorism • awareness • Baili Xi • begging • Bi Gan • Bilateral monopoly • Boasting • Censure • classical chinese • Clothing • Competition (economics) • Confucianism • Confucius • cowardice • Crime • deed • defamation • deference • De gustibus non est disputandum • disaster • Disciples of Confucius • Disparagement • Disputation • Duke Huan of Qi • duke of zhou • Emblem • Entrapment • erudition • Euphemism • faithfulness • Fei Lian • Filial Piety • five grains • Five Hegemons • flattery • foolishness • Form of life (philosophy) • Frugality • Gao Yao (minister) • Gaozi • Generosity • God • Gong Gong • Gongsun Long • Good and evil • good faith • Granary • grandparent • Gratitude • grave robbing • Gruel • Guan Zhong • Han Feizi • Han Yu • hatred • High place • hui shi • humility • Impediment (canon law) • indulgence • I Wish (manhwa) • Jargon • Jizi • junzi • Justification (theology) • King Zhuang of Chu • laborer • Laziness • Leveling (philosophy) • Line number • Li Si • Livelihood • Longevity • Lord Xinling • luck • Meditations • Mencius • Mencius (book) • Mohism • Money tree (myth) • Mourner • Mourning • mozi • Mr. • Multitude • Neglect • Nobility • Oath • Obedience (human behavior) • Philosopher • Physiognomy • Poetry • Point shooting • pride • Princeton University Press • Pronunciation • proverb • Publication • Publishing • Qin (state) • rebuke • rhyme scheme • Robbery • Ruler • salary • Self-Harm • Selfishness • sericulture • Setback (architecture) • Shangdi • Shang dynasty • Shang Yang • Shao • Shen Buhai • Shen Dao • Six Arts • Son of Heaven • Sophist • stupidity • Suggestion • Suicide • Sunshu Ao • Sun Tzu • Superiority (short story) • Supplication • Taoism • Tao Te Ching • Tax • Theft • The Fundamentals • The Last Sentence • The Last Stage • The Other Hand • The Various • Thought • Tian • traditional story • Uncertainty • Vegetable • war • warfare • Warring States Period • Wealth • Wen and wu • Wey (state) • written chinese • Wu Zixu • Xia dynasty • Xun Kuang • Xunzi (book) • Yang Zhu • Yan Hui • Yan Yuan • Yin and Yang • Yi Yin • Zengzi • Zhong You • Zhou dynasty • Zhuang Zhou • Zhuangzi (book) • Zigong
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-5255-2 / 1400852552
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-5255-0 / 9781400852550