Zhong and Zhongyong in Confucian Classics

Chunqing Li (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

70 Seiten

2021 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-15-5642-5 (ISBN)

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This Key Concept pivot explores the trajectory of the semantic generation and evolution of two core concepts of ancient Chinese Confucianism, ‘Zhong’ (middle) and ‘Zhongyong’ (golden mean). In the pre-Qin period, Confucius advocated ‘middle line’ and ‘golden mean’ as the highest standards for gentlemanly behaviour and culture. In The Doctrine of the Mean the Confucian classic of the late Warring States Period, ‘middle’ obtained the ontological meaning of ‘great fundamental virtues of the world’, due to the influence of Taoism and Yinyang School. It became not only the norm of human behaviours, but also the law governing the operation of heaven and earth. Since then, idealist Confucian scholars of the Song and Ming dynasties have developed the meaning of ‘middle’ from the perspective of the relationships between heaven and man, a fundamental norm of Confucian ethics.

Chunqing Li (Ph.D in Literature) is professor of the School of Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University, China. He is also Director and a full-time researcher of the Academic Committee of the Centre for Literary Theory Studies at Beijing Normal University, a key research base of Humanities and Social Sciences under the Chinese Ministry of Education. Yuan Zhu is an editorial writer and columnist with China Daily. He is one of the two translators of Longman Phrasal Verbs Dictionary, one of the translators of Henry. M Paulson’s Dealing with China, translator of Emma Sky’s The Unravelling, High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq.

Concepts of zhong and zhongyong in the pre-Qin classics.- zhong and zhongyong in the Context of Confucian Classics as the Dominant Ideology.- Zhong and zhongyong in the discourse of the Li School of Confucianism by Zhu Xi and the Cheng Brothers.- Zhong and zhongyong in the discourse of the Philosophy of Mind.- Cultural Logic of zhong and zhongyong and their significance for today.

Erscheinungsdatum	24.09.2021
Reihe/Serie	Key Concepts in Chinese Thought and Culture
Übersetzer	Yuan Zhu
Zusatzinfo	3 Illustrations, black and white; XIII, 70 p. 3 illus.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Sozialwissenschaften
Schlagworte	characteristics of ancient Chinese culture • Confucianism and relationship between heaven and man • Confucian philosophy in the pre-Qin period • Confucian scholars of the Song and Ming dynasties • evolution of core Confucian philosophical concepts • ‘Zhong’ (middle) and ‘Zhongyong’ (golden mean)
ISBN-10	981-15-5642-3 / 9811556423
ISBN-13	978-981-15-5642-5 / 9789811556425
Zustand	Neuware