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A Reader’s Companion to the Confucian AnalectsWhat Does It Mean to Be a Confucian?

A Reader’s Companion to the Confucian Analects: What Does It Mean to Be a Confucian? [Within the Western religious traditions it makes no sense to speak of Christianity before the time of Christ, nor Islam before Mohammed. Clearly, however, it does make sense to speak of Judaism before the time of Moses, and the same may be said of Confucian teachings and practices. Probably the best way to understand who Confucius was and what he did, and to appreciate why he has been the most famous human symbol of Chinese civilization for 2000 years, is to realize that much of what he advocated— attentiveness to ritual propriety, ancestor veneration, the importance of learning, family ties, a hierarchical social order and much more—were all embedded in Chinese culture as much as a millennium before he was born.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Reader’s Companion to the Confucian AnalectsWhat Does It Mean to Be a Confucian?

Rosemont, Henry
Springer Journals — Nov 5, 2015
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Palgrave Macmillan US
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© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2013
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978-1-349-45414-3
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1 –3
DOI
10.1057/9781137303394_1
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Abstract

[Within the Western religious traditions it makes no sense to speak of Christianity before the time of Christ, nor Islam before Mohammed. Clearly, however, it does make sense to speak of Judaism before the time of Moses, and the same may be said of Confucian teachings and practices. Probably the best way to understand who Confucius was and what he did, and to appreciate why he has been the most famous human symbol of Chinese civilization for 2000 years, is to realize that much of what he advocated— attentiveness to ritual propriety, ancestor veneration, the importance of learning, family ties, a hierarchical social order and much more—were all embedded in Chinese culture as much as a millennium before he was born.]

Published: Nov 5, 2015

Keywords: Song Dynasty; Ritual Propriety; Confucius Institute; Confucian Teaching; Supernatural Belief

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