The five "confucian" classics / Michael Nylan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nylan, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wu jing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 pages) : 2 maps, 5 graphs, 1 diagram + 21 halftones

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Five Classics associated with Confucius formed the core curriculum in the education of Chinese literati throughout most of the imperial period. In this book Michael Nylan offers a sweeping assessment of these ancient texts and shows how their influence spread across East Asia. Nylan begins by tracing the formation of the Five Classics canon in the pre-Han and Han periods, 206 B.C.-A.D. 220, revising standard views on the topic. She assesses the impact on this canon of the invention of a rival corpus, the Four Books, in the twelfth century. She then analyzes each of the Five Classics, discussing when they were written, how they were transmitted and edited in later periods, and what political, historical, and ethical themes were associated with them through the ages. Finally she deliberates on the intertwined fates of Confucius and the Five Classics over the course of the twentieth century and shows how the contents of the Five Classics are relevant to much newer concerns.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CHRONOLOGY

I. Introduction to the Five Classics

II. The Odes (Shi)

III. The Documents (Shu)

IV. The Three Rites Canons

V. The Changes (Yi)

VI. The Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu)

VII. Claiming the Canon

Appendix I. Key Terms

Appendix II. A Note on Chinese History

Suggested Readings

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-381) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-72243-X

9786611722432

0-300-13033-3

OCLC:

1024039716