Xunzi: the complete text
by Xunzi
This is the first complete, one-volume English translation of the ancient Chinese text Xunzi, one of the most extensive, sophisticated, and elegant works in the tradition of Confucian thought. Through essays, poetry, dialogues, and anecdotes, the Xunzi articulates a Confucian perspective on ethics, politics, warfare, language, psychology, human nature, ritual, and music, among other topics. Aimed at general readers and students of Chinese thought, Eric Hutton's translation makes the full text o…
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- Full title :Xunzi : the complete text / translated and with an introduction by Eric L. Hutton.
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This is the first complete, one-volume English translation of the ancient Chinese text Xunzi, one of the most extensive, sophisticated, and elegant works in the tradition of Confucian thought. Through essays, poetry, dialogues, and anecdotes, the Xunzi articulates a Confucian perspective on ethics, politics, warfare, language, psychology, human nature, ritual, and music, among other topics. Aimed at general readers and students of Chinese thought, Eric Hutton's translation makes the full text of this important work more accessible in English than ever before. Named for its purported author, the Xunzi (literally, "Master Xun") has long been neglected compared to works such as the Analects of Confucius and the Mencius. Yet interest in the Xunzi has grown in recent decades, and the text presents a much more systematic vision of the Confucian ideal than the fragmented sayings of Confucius and Mencius. In one famous, explicit contrast to them, the Xunzi argues that human nature is bad. However, it also allows that people can become good through rituals and institutions established by earlier sages. Indeed, the main purpose of the Xunzi is to urge people to become as good as possible, both for their own sakes and for the sake of peace and order in the world.
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- Publication Date:©2014.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication:Princeton
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2014.
The Physical Object
- Description:xxx, 397 pages . ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780691161044, 0691161046, 9780691169316, 0691169314
- oclc:ocn877846213
- LC Classification:B128.H66
- Dewey Decimal:181/.09512
Table of Contents
An exhortation to learning -- Cultivating oneself -- Nothing improper -- On honor and disgrace -- Against physiognomy -- Against the twelve masters -- On Confucius -- The achievements of the Ru -- The rule of a true king -- Enriching the state -- The true king and the hegemon -- The way to be a lord -- The way to be a minister -- On attracting men of worth -- A debate on military affairs -- The strong state -- Discourse on heaven -- Correct judgments -- Discourse on ritual -- Discourse on music -- Undoing fixation -- Correct naming -- Human nature Is bad -- The gentleman -- Working songs -- Fu -- The grand digest -- The right-hand vessel -- The way to be a son -- The proper model and proper conduct -- Duke Ai -- Yao asked.
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