Reconstructing the Confucian Dao : Zhu Xi's appropriation of Zhou Dunyi / Joseph A. Adler ; Laurie Searl, production and book design ; Michael Campochiaro, marketing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adler, Joseph Alan, author.

Contributor:

Searl, Laurie, editor, book designer.

Campochiaro, Michael, distributor.

Series:

SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.

SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zhou, Dunyi, 1017-1073.

Zhou, Dunyi.

Zhu, Xi, 1130-1200.

Zhu, Xi.

Neo-Confucianism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Zhu Xi, the twelfth-century architect of the neo-Confucian canon, declared Zhou Dunyi to be the first true sage since Mencius. This was controversial, as many of Zhu Xi's contemporaries were critical of Zhou Dunyi's Daoist leanings, and other figures had clearly been more significant to the Song dynasty Confucian resurgence. Why was Zhou Dunyi accorded such importance? Joseph A. Adler finds that the earlier thinker provided an underpinning for Zhu Xi's religious practice. Zhou Dunyi's theory of the interpenetration of activity and stillness allowed Zhu Xi to proclaim that his own theory of mental and spiritual cultivation mirrored the fundamental principle immanent in the natural world. This book revives Zhu Xi as a religious thinker, challenging longstanding characterizations of him. Readers will appreciate the inclusion of complete translations of Zhou Dunyi's major texts, Zhu Xi's published commentaries, and other primary source material.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""PART I""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: Zhu Xi, Zhou Dunyi, and the Confucian dao""; ""Competing Visions of the Dao""; ""The Confucian Dao""; ""The Cheng Brothers""; ""Zhou Dunyi""; ""Chapter 2: Zhou Dunyi�s Role in the daotong""; ""The Problems with Zhou""; ""Sectarian Problems""; ""Philosophical Problems""; ""Historical Problems""; ""Chapter 3: The Interpenetration of Activity and Stillness""; ""The Problem of Mind/Heart""; ""Intellectual and Spiritual Cultivation""; ""Interpenetration""; ""Chapter 4: Taiji as “Supreme Polarity�""; ""Conclusions""

""7. The Teacher""""8. Good Fortune""; ""9. Thinking""; ""10. Being Intent on Learning""; ""11. Compliance and Transformation""; ""12. Government""; ""13. Ritual and Music""; ""14. Striving for Actualization""; ""15. Love and Reverent Composure""; ""16. Activity and Stillness""; ""17. Music (A)""; ""18. Music (B)""; ""19. Music (C)""; ""20. Learning to be a Sage""; ""21. Being Impartial and Clear""; ""22. Principle, Human Nature, and Endowment""; ""23. Master Yan""; ""24. Teachers and Friends (A)""; ""25. Teachers and Friends (B)""; ""26. Transgressions""; ""27. Power""

""28. Literary Expression""""29. The Comprehensiveness of the Sage""; ""30. Essence And Comprehensiveness""; ""31. Qian [Heaven, hexagram 1], Sun [Decrease, hexagram 41], YI [Increase, hexagram 42], AND ACTIVITY""; ""32. JIAREN (Family Members, hexagram 37), KUI (Opposition, hexagram 38), FU (Return, hexagram 24), AND WUWANG (No Error, hexagram 25)""; ""33. Wealth And Honor""; ""34. Being Superficial""; ""35. Deliberation and Discussion""; ""36. Punishment""; ""37. Being Impartial""; ""38. Confucius (A)""; ""39. Confucius (B)""

""40. Meng [Ignorance, hexagram 4] and Gen [Keeping Still, hexagram 52]""""Chapter 8: Zhu Xi�s Postfaces and Notes""; ""I. Postface to master zhou�s taiji and tongshu [1169]""; ""II. Revised Postface to Master Zhou�s Taiji and Tongshu [1179]""; ""III. Postface to Commentaries on the Supreme Polarity and the Western Inscription""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438451589

143845158X

OCLC:

878057587