Confucius, Lao Tzu, and Chinese Philosophy
The golden age of Chinese philosophy dates from the birth of Confucius (551 BC) until China was unified (and learning suppressed) in 221 BC. China's great Confucian philosophers were Confucius, Mengzi, and Xunzi. With a few exceptions, Confucianism has been the reigning paradigm for Chinese...
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The golden age of Chinese philosophy dates from the birth of Confucius (551 BC) until China was unified (and learning suppressed) in 221 BC. China's great Confucian philosophers were Confucius, Mengzi, and Xunzi. With a few exceptions, Confucianism has been the reigning paradigm for Chinese philosophy for over 2,000 years. Its central concepts are li (the proper ordering of society through rituals or ceremonies) and zhen (the proper ordering of the self through humaneness, benevolence, and love).
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Format: ebook
ASIN: 9780786165995
Publish date: 01-01-1970
Publisher: Knowledge Products, Inc.
Edition language: English
few are the books whose make your pen go along with your reading ( or hearing ) this book is one of them , I recommend it for everyone who wants to conquer eastern philosophy , just it lacks some focus on Buddhism :/