Transformations Of The Confucian Way

by John Berthrong

Overview

From its beginnings, Confucianism has vibrantly taught that each person is able to find the Way individually in service to the community and the world. John Berthrong’s comprehensive new work tells the story of the grand intellectual development of the Confucian tradition, revealing all the historical phases of Confucianism and opening the reader’s eyes to the often neglected gifts of scholars of the Han, T’ang, and the modern periods, as well as to the vast contributions of Korea and Japan. The author concludes his revelatory study with an examination of the contemporary renewal of the Confucian Way in East Asia and its spread to the West.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813328041
Publisher:	Westview Press
Publication date:	04/10/1998
Series:	Explorations Series
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 2.60(d)
Lexile:	1350L (what's this?)

About the Author

John H. Berthrong is associate dean for academic and administrative affairs and director of the Institute for Dialogue Among Religious Traditions at Boston University.

Table of Contents

A Note on Conventions — Dynastic Chart — Introduction: Transformations and Variations on Confucian History — The Classical Tradition from Confucius to Hsün Tzu — The Comments of the Han: The Confucian Canon Defined — The Defense of the Faith from the Wei-Chin (220–420) to the T’ang (618–907): The Challenge of Taoism and Buddhism — The Renaissance of the Sung: The Second Golden Age — The Flourishing of the Yüan and Ming — Korean and Japanese Confucianism and the Ch’ing School of Evidential Research — Confucianism in the Modern World — Further Readings and Contentious Issues — Wade-Giles to Pinyin Conversion Table

Editorial Reviews

The indications are that Confucianism has survived the dual attacks of Maoist ideology and Western modernism, and is expanding rapidly throughout East Asia and the larger global community. Berthrong (religious traditions, Boston U.) traces the general outlines of the intellectual development of Confucianism from its birth in China to its recent reinvigoration. Using the words of Confucian scholars across the centuries, he shows how they have used the tradition to understand, interpret, and order their social and physical worlds. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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