Confucius beyond the analects / by Michael Hunter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hunter, Michael, Ph.D., author.

Series:

Studies in the history of Chinese texts ; v. 7.

Studies in the history of Chinese texts ; VOLUME 7

Language:

Multiple languages

Subjects (All):

Confucius.

Confucius. Lun yu.

Lun yu (Confucius).

Physical Description:

x, 347 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

LEIDEN ; BOSTON : Brill, [2017]

Summary:

In this book, Michael Hunter challenges the standard view of the 'Analects' as the earliest and most authoritative source of the teachings of Confucius. Arguing from a comprehensive survey of the thousands of extant sayings and stories from the early period, Hunter situates the compilation and rise of the 'Analects' in the Western Han period (206 BCE-9 CE), roughly three centuries after the death of Confucius. As a study of the growth and development of the Confucius figure over the course of the early period, the book is also meant to serve as a roadmap to those interested in exploring the wealth and diversity of Confucius material beyond the 'Analects'.

Contents:

Part 1 Beyond the Analects

1 The Big Picture 37

2 A Dozen Perspectives on "Confucius" beyond the Analects 96

Part 2 The Analects in Context

3 The Analects Ascendant, ca. 100 BCE-230 CE 165

4 Searching for a Pre-Han Analects 207

5 Reading the Analects in Context 246

Digression - The Compilation and Rise of the Analects: A Speculative Scenario 302

6 Conclusion: Confucius, the Analects, and Early Chinese Thought 314.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-338) and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Hunter, Michael, Ph.D., author. Confucius beyond the analects

ISBN:

9789004336926

9004336923

OCLC:

961002319

Publisher Number:

99972579758