Rediscovering Confucianism
A Major Philosophy of Life in East Asia
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General/trade
Table of contents
Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Plates; INTRODUCTION; 1. CONFUCIANISM BEFORE CONFUCIUS; 2. CONFUCIUS: TRANSMITTER AND FOUNDING FATHER; 3. MENCIUS; 4. XUN ZI; 5. CONFUCIANISM BECOMES STATE PHILOSOPHY; 6. THE NEO-CONFUCIAN REVIVAL; 7. BACK TO BASICS: FROM PHILOSOPHY TO PHILOLOGY; 8. CONFUCIANISM AND MODERNIZATION; CONCLUSIONS; Index
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This book will be widely welcomed by more serious Budo practitioners who are concerned more about substance rather than style and will thereby gain valuable insight into the mindset of Japan’s unique warrior culture.
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The first comprehensive book-length study in over half a century of the celebrated Japanese tea master Rikyu, considered the father of the Tea Ceremony (cha-no-yu) that fully contextualizes tea in politics, aesthetics, ritual and art
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For the first time in an English language edition published outside Japan, all 55 prints of Hiroshige’s ‘Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido’ are reproduced in full colour. Remarkably, the Old Tokaido can still be found in many locations and photographs of the modern parallel the old.
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First publication in English of Soseki’s travels through Manchuria on the then recently-acquired South Manchurian Railway. 6-week travelogue including boat from Osaka to Dairen, railway up the Liaodong Peninsular to Fushun. Many descriptions of Manchuria.
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For those with a taste for Japan, Basho enthusiasts and the growing number of haiku poets and readers alike, here is a rare glimpse into a man who may now be reappraised as the ‘favourite uncle’ guardian of Japan’s quiet soul.
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A discussion of one of the great interpreters of Japan. The Japanese have always revered Hearn and this book shows the West why he is revered. Experts look at his writings and discuss his integrity as an observer and interpreter of Japan and the Japanese.
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