The Chinese Liberal Spirit : Selected Writings of Xu Fuguan / Fuguan Xu and David Elstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Xu, Fuguan, author.

Elstein, David, author.

Series:

SUNY series, translating China.

SUNY Series, Translating China

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Confucian.

Philosophy, Confucian--China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (354 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2022]

Summary:

The first English-language translation of an important figure in modern Confucian thought.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

A Note on Language

Preface

Introduction

Autographical Essays

My Life of Study

The End of Democratic Review

Mourning My Enemy, Mourning My Friend

Ethical and Political Thought

Two Layers of the Chinese Political Problem

The Construction and Advancement of Ruist Political Thought

The Fundamental Character of the Ruist Spirit, Its Limitations, and Its Rebirth

The Chinese Way of Governance

Between Academia and Politics

The Culture of the Heart‑Mind

The Creation of the Chinese Free Society

The Ruist Distinction between Cultivating Oneself and Governing Others and Its Significance

Why Oppose Liberalism?

The Fundamental Structure of Mengzi’s Political Thought and the Problem of Rule of Man and Rule of Law

The Origin of Kongzi’s Idea of Rule by Virtue

The Question of Ruist and Daoist Personal Cultivation in Literature

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438487182

1438487185

OCLC:

1304817146