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Focusing the Familiar: A Translation and Philosophical Interpretation of the Zhongyong

By Roger T. Ames (Editor), David L. Hall (Editor), David L. Hall (Translator), Roger T. Ames (Translator)
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By Roger T. Ames (Editor), David L. Hall (Editor), David L. Hall (Translator), Roger T. Ames (Translator)
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The Zhongyong—translated here as Focusing the Familiar—has been regarded as a document of enormous wisdom for more than two millennia and is one of Confucianism's most sacred and seminal texts. It achieved truly canonical preeminence when it became one of the Four Books compiled and annotated by the Southern Song dynasty philosopher Zhu Xi (1130-1200). Within the compass of world literature, the influence of these books (Analects of Confucius, Great Learning, Zhongyong, and Mencius) on the ...

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