The Chinese Classic of Family Reverence

A Philosophical Translation of the Xiaojing

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ID19968449
AuthorsHenry Rosemont, Henry Jr Rosemont, Roger T Ames
Year2008
Publication date2008-11-30
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueThe Chinese classic of family reverence (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity of Hawaii Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.21313/hawaii/9780824832841.001.0001
OpenAlexW4231664133
ISBN9780824832841
LanguageEN
Citations received28

Few if any philosophical schools have championed family values as persistently as the early Confucians, and a great deal can be learned by attending to what they had to say on the subject. In the Confucian tradition, human morality and the personal realization it inspires are grounded in the cultivation of family feeling. One may even go so far as to say that, for China, family reverence was a necessary condition for developing any of the other human qualities of excellence. On the basis of the present translation of the Xiaojing (Classic of Family Reverence) and supplemental passages found in other early philosophical writings, this book articulate a specifically Confucian conception of "role ethics" that, in its emphasis on a relational conception of the person, is markedly different from most early and contemporary dominant Western moral theories. This Confucian role ethics takes as its inspiration the perceived necessity of family feeling as the entry point in the development of moral competence and as a guide to the religious life as well. The introduction offers a perspective on the historical, philosophical, and religious dimensions of the Xiaojing. A lexicon of key terms presents a context for the Xiaojing and provides guidelines for interpreting the text historically in China as well as suggesting its contemporary significance for all societies. The inclusion of the Chinese text adds another dimension

Art · Epistemology · Reverence · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Philosophy

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