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Ethics in the Confucian Tradition: The Thought of Mengzi and Wang Yangming  
Author: P. J. Ivanhoe, Philip J. Ivanhoe
ISBN: 0872205975
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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Book Description
A revision of the Scholars Press edition of 1990. This volume serves both as an introduction to the thought of Mengzi (Mencius) and Wang Yangming and as a comparison of their views. By examining issues held in common by both thinkers, Ivanhoe illustrates how the Confucian tradition was both continued and transformed by Wang Yangming, and shows the extent to which he was influenced by Buddhism. Topics explored are: the nature of morality; human nature; the nature and origin of wickedness; self cultivation; and sagehood. In addition to revised versions of each of these original chapters, Ivanhoe includes a new chapter on Kongzi's (Confucius') view of the Way.

About the Author
Philip J. Ivanhoe is Associate Professor of Philosophy, and Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.




Ethics in the Confucian Tradition: The Thought of Mengzi and Wang Yangming

FROM THE PUBLISHER

A revision of the Scholars Press edition of 1990.This volume serves both as an introduction to the thought of Mengzi (Mencius) and Wang Yangming and as a comparison of their views. By examining issues held in common by both thinkers, Ivanhoe illustrates how the Confucian tradition was both continued and transformed by Wang Yangming, and shows the extent to which he was influenced by Buddhism. Topics explored are: the nature of morality; human nature; the nature and origin of wickedness; self cultivation; and sagehood. In addition to revised versions of each of these original chapters, Ivanhoe includes a new chapter on Kongzi's (Confucius') view of the Way.

Author Biography: Philip J. Ivanhoe is Associate Professor of Philosophy, and Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

FROM THE CRITICS

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Ivanhoe (philosophy and Asian languages and cultures, U. of Michigan-Ann Arbor) revises the 1990 first edition, published by The American Academy of Religion, partly in response to its critical reception. He examines the moral philosophy of Wang (1472-1529) in light of its relation to the moral philosophy of Mengzi, highlighting how Wang recasts Mengzi's moral teachings in terms characteristic of his own time. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

     



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