Self-Realization through Confucian Learning
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Self-Realization through Confucian Learning: A Contemporary Reconstruction of Xunzi's Ethics(SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture)

Self-Realization through Confucian Learning: A Contemporary Reconstruction of Xunzi's Ethics(SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture)


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Confucian philosopher Xunzi's moral thought is considered in light of the modern focus on self-realization. Self-Realization through Confucian Learning reconstructs Confucian thinker Xunzi's moral philosophy in response to the modern focus on self-realization. Xunzi (born around 310 BCE) claims that human xing ("nature" or "native conditions") is without an ethical framework and has a tendency to dominate, leading to bad judgments and bad behavior. Confucian ritual propriety (li) is needed to transform these human native conditions. Through li, people become self-directing: in control of feelings and desires and in command of their own lives. Siufu Tang explicates Xunzi's understanding of the hierarchical structure of human agency to articulate why and how li is essential to self-realization. Ritual propriety also structures relationships to make a harmonious communal life possible. Tang's focus on self-realization highlights how Confucianism can address the individual as well as the communal and serve as a philosophy for contemporary times.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Xing and Native Conditions Xunzi's definitions of xing "People's xing is bad" Natural desires and moral neutrality Goodness and human agency 2. Wei and Human Agency Definitions of wei From xing to wei Human agency: Actions and happenings Xunzi's worldview 3. Xing, Wei, and the Origin of Ritual Propriety Creation of ritual propriety from wei People's xing at the two stages of wei Ritual propriety and the satisfaction of desires The heart-mind's approval and second-order evaluation Desires and their form of expression 4. Ritual Propriety and the Good Life The self and the good The petty man and the noble man Understanding the Way Community and the self Ritual propriety as self-interpretation Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Siufu Tang is Associate Professor in the School of Chinese at the University of Hong Kong.

Review :
"This succinct work will appeal to Chinese scholars with a primary interest in moral philosophy." — China Review International


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  • ISBN-13: 9781438461496
  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • Publisher Imprint: State University of New York Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 192
  • Returnable: N
  • Series Title: SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture
  • Sub Title: A Contemporary Reconstruction of Xunzi's Ethics
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1438461496
  • Publisher Date: 01 Sep 2016
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 503 gr


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