Summary
This new edition offers expanded selections from the works of Kongzi (Confucius), Mengzi (Mencius), Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu), and Xunzi (Hsun Tzu); two new works, the dialogues 'Robber Zhi' and 'White Horse'; a concise general introduction; brief introductions to, and selective bibliographies for, each work; and four appendices that shed light on important figures, periods, texts, and terms in Chinese thought.
Author Biography
Philip J. Ivanhoe is Findlay Visiting Professor at Boston University. His publications include Confucian Moral Self Cultivation (Hackett, 2000); Virtue, Nature, and Moral Agency in the Xunzi (Hackett, 2000), co-edited with T. C. Kline III; Ethics in the Confucian Tradition (Hackett, 2002); Essays on the Moral Philosophy of Mengzi (Hackett, 2002), co-edited with Xiusheng Liu; and The Daodejing of Laozi (Hackett, 2003).Bryan W. Van Norden is Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department and the Department of Chinese and Japanese at Vassar College. In addition to his book, Confucius and the Analects: New Essays (Oxford University Press, 2001), he has written, edited, and contributed to numerous works on Chinese thought.
Table of Contents
| Preface |
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vii | |
| Comparative Romanization Table |
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Map of China during the Spring and Autumn Period |
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| Introduction |
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| Selective Bibliography |
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Kongzi (Confucius) ``The Analects'' |
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Introduction and Translation by Edward Gilman Slingerland |
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1 | (58) |
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Introduction and Translation by Philip J. Ivanhoe |
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59 | (56) |
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Introduction and Translation by Bryan W. Van Norden |
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115 | (46) |
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Laozi (``The Daodejing'') |
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Introduction and Translation by Philip J. Ivanhoe |
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161 | (46) |
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Introduction and Translation by Paul Kjellberg |
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207 | (48) |
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Introduction and Translation by Eric L. Hutton |
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255 | (56) |
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Introduction and Translation by Joel Sahleen |
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311 | (52) |
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Gongsun Longzi ``On the White Horse'' |
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Introduction and Translation by Bryan W. Van Norden |
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363 | (6) |
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Introduction and Translation by Paul Kjellberg |
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369 | (10) |
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379 | (6) |
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385 | (2) |
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387 | (2) |
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