Confucianism in China

An Introduction

Bibliographic Data

ID19903383
AuthorsTony Swain (corresponding author)
Year2017
Publication date2017-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueConfucianism in China (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBloomsbury Academic (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5040/9781474242479
OpenAlexW3109804428
Open LibraryOL27407999M
ISBN9781474242479
LanguageEN
Citations received7

This accessible history of Confucianism, or the ‘Way of the Ru’, emphasizes the religious dimensions of the tradition. It clearly explains the tradition’s unique and subtle philosophical ideals as well as the ‘arts of the Ru’ whereby seemingly simple acts such as reading, sitting quietly, good manners, and attending to family and state responsibilities, became ways of ultimate transformation. This book explains the origins of the Ru and documents their impact in imperial China, before providing extensive coverage of the modern era. Confucianism in China: An Introduction shows how the long history of the Ru is vital to comprehending China today. As the empire drew to an end, there were impassioned movements both to reinvent and to eradicate Ru tradition. Less than forty years ago, it seemed close to extinction, but today it is undergoing spectacular revival. This introduction is suitable for anyone wishing to understand a tradition that shaped

Aesthetics · Art · China · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literature · Political science · Reading (process) · Simple (philosophy) · Sociology · State (computer science) · The arts · Visual arts · Chinese history and philosophy · Computer Science · Law · Philosophy · Confucianism · Eastern · History · Religion · Social life and customs