Reading Primary Sources in Chinese Philosophy
A Guide
- Textbook
Reading Primary Sources in Chinese Philosophy
A Guide
- Textbook
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Description
This introduction to thinkers, texts, and themes in Chinese philosophy covers sources ranging across roughly 2,000 years.
The guide helps readers engage with one of the world's earliest philosophical traditions: it discusses texts by the influential philosophers Confucius, Mencius, and Zhuangzi. And it goes beyond them, introducing thinkers well-known in the tradition but less commonly taught in modern Western classrooms: Zhu Xi, Wang Yangming, and Fang Yizhi. The focus throughout the guide is on how to read texts philosophically.
Tackling complex ideas and philosophical concepts, each chapter follows the same format. The historical context appears before the central themes and arguments are discussed. Textual excerpts accompany both close readings and explanation of philosophical reading practices, teaching readers to unpack arguments with textual sensitivity. A glossary and further reading suggestions give additional support.
For anyone coming to Asian philosophy for the first time, here are the skills and tools you need to read and understand major texts in Indian philosophy.
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Table of Contents
Contributors
Series Foreword
Acknowledgments
Pronunciation Guide
Timeline
How to Use
This Book
Maps
Introduction
1 Kongzi's Lunyu (Analects), Alba Curry
2 The Mengzi, Derek Lam
3 The Zhuangzi,Aaron B. Creller and Sarah A. Mattice
4 ZhuXi's Daxue (Commentary on the Great Learning), Leah Kalmanson
5 Wang Yangming's 1522 Letter to Lu Yuanjing, Daryl Ooi
6 Fang Yizhi's Yaodi pao Zhuang (The Apothecary Monk Yaodi Concocts a Zhuangzi), John Williams
Glossary
Index
Product details
| Published | Dec 10 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 120 |
| ISBN | 9781350552517 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Series | Reading Primary Sources in Asian Philosophy |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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