A Sourcebook in Classical Confucian Philosophy

Roger T. Ames

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State University of New York Press
01 September 2023

Language Teaching (non-ELT); Philosophy; Oriental & Indian philosophy; Confucianism; Social & cultural anthropology

Series: SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture

Applies a method of comparative cultural hermeneutics to let the tradition speak on its own terms.

Roger T. Ames's A Sourcebook in Classical Confucian Philosophy is a companion volume to his Conceptual Lexicon for Classical Confucian Philosophy. It includes texts in the original classical Chinese along with their translations, allowing experts and novices alike to make whatever comparisons they choose. In applying a method of comparative cultural hermeneutics, Ames has tried to let the tradition speak on its own terms. The goal is to encourage readers to move between the translated text and commentary, the philosophical introduction that attempts to sensitize them to the interpretative context, and the companion Lexicon of key philosophical terms, with the expectation that in the fullness of time they will be able to appropriate the original Chinese terminologies themselves. Armed with their own increasingly robust insight into these philosophical terms, readers will be able to carry this nuanced understanding over into their critical reading of other available translations. Ultimately, for students who would understand Chinese philosophy, tian天must be understood as tian天, and dao道must be dao道.

By: Roger T. Ames
Imprint: State University of New York Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 1.202kg
ISBN: 9781438493534
ISBN 10: 1438493533
Series: SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture
Pages: 816
Publication Date: 01 September 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

INTRODUCTION CONFUCIAN NATURAL COSMOLOGY: AN INTERPRETIVE CONTEXT THE CANONICAL TEXTS: SELECTED PASSAGES I. THE BOOK OF CHANGES (YIJING 易經 ): A PROCESS COSMOLOGY II. THE EXPANSIVE LEARNING (DAXUE 大學 ): SETTING THE CONFUCIAN PROJECT III. THE ANALECTS (LUNYU 論語 ): A BASIC CONFUCIAN VOCABULARY IV. THE MENCIUS (MENGZI 孟子 ): EXTENDING THE VOCABULARY V. THE FOCUSING THE FAMILIAR (ZHONGYONG 中庸 ): THE HIGHEST EXPRESSION OF THE CONFUCIAN PROJECT VI. THE CLASSIC OF FAMILY REVERENCE (XIAOJING 孝經 ): THE PRIME CONFUCIAN MORAL IMPERATIVE VII. THE FIVE MODES OF VIRTUOSIC CONDUCT (WUXINGPIAN 五行篇 ): THE INTERIM BETWEEN CONFUCIUS AND MENCIUS VIII. THE MOZI 墨子 : ON DENOUNCING THE CONFUCIANS AND THEIR DOCTRINES IX. THE XUNZI 荀子 : A SYNCRETIC CONFUCIAN PHILOSOPHY BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED

Roger T. Ames is Humanities Chair Professor in the Philosophy Department at Peking University in China and Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Hawaii. His published works include collaborations on translations of the Chinese philosophical canons and several interpretive studies.

Reviews for A Sourcebook in Classical Confucian Philosophy

""…an authoritative and rich study … the book provides an easy-to-read and useful reference book, and it is of great value to both scholars and students of Confucian philosophy and Chinese-English translation studies."" — Religious Studies Review