The Four Books

Author : Daniel K. Gardner
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0872208265

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The Four Books by Daniel K. Gardner Pdf

This compact volume shows how the Four Books -- the Greater Learning, the Analects, the Mencius, and the Doctrine of the Mean -- have been read and understood by the Chinese since the twelfth century. Included are selected passages in translation, accompanied by Daniel Gardner's comments and the selected commentary of Zhu Xi (1130-1200), the renowned Neo-Confucian thinker. The book provides an introduction to the later imperial Confucian tradition; introduces the reader to Zhu Xi's commentarial understanding of the Four Books; suggests how Neo-Confucians, like Zhu Xi, through commentary, gave coherence and meaning to the Four Books collectively; and illustrates the nature of the standard educational curriculum.

Author : Yan Lianke
Publisher : Random House
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781446484746

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The Four Books by Yan Lianke Pdf

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2016 'One of China's greatest living authors and fiercest satirists' Guardian In the ninety-ninth district of a sprawling labour camp, the Author, Musician, Scholar, Theologian and Technician - and hundreds just like them - are undergoing Re-education, to restore their revolutionary zeal and credentials. In charge of this process is the Child, who delights in draconian rules, monitoring behaviour and confiscating treasured books. But when bad weather arrives, followed by the ‘three bitter years’, the intellectuals are abandoned by the regime and left on their own to survive. Divided into four narratives, The Four Books tells the story of the Great Famine, one of China’s most devastating and controversial periods. WINNER OF THE FRANZ KAFKA PRIZE 2014 NOMINATED FOR CZECH AWARD MAGNESIA LITERA 2014 HUA ZHONG WORLD CHINESE LITERATURE PRIZE 2013 FINALIST FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2013 WINNER OF THE HUA ZHONG WORLD CHINESE LITERATURE PRIZE 2013 SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDEPENDENT FOREIGN FICTION PRIZE 2012 SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIX FEMINA ETRANGER 2012 SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE 2011 WINNER OF THE LAO SHE LITERATURE AWARD 2004 WINNER OF THE LU XUN AWARD 1997

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
Page : 821 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781786786098

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Aleister Crowley's Four Books of Magick by Anonim Pdf

This is the masterpiece of occultist, magician and philosopher Aleister Crowley, introduced for the first time by one of the world's leading experts on Western esoteric traditions, Stephen Skinner. "Do what thou wilt." Written in the early twentieth century, the four books contained within this collection make up one of the most complete and groundbreaking works on the practice of magick ever written. They are considered to be the masterpiece of occultist, magician and philosopher Aleister Crowley and the core texts for the religion of Thelema. Their influence on alternative western thought and philosophy cannot be exaggerated. Also known as Book Four, or Liber ABA, the four parts bring together many rituals, received texts, theorems and unequalled insights into the practice of magick, culminating in The Book of the Law, the central, sacred text dictated to Crowley by a preternatural entity. Anyone interested in yoga, ceremonial magic, esoteric thought, invocation, divination and beyond, or those looking to delve into the fascinating, playful and illuminating writings of a unique man, will find inspiration. For the first time, one of the world's leading experts on Western esoteric traditions and magic, Dr. Stephen Skinner, introduces the text, sharing his insights into Crowley's take on yoga, ceremonial magick and Thelema. His long involvement with magick, both as an academic and as a practitioner, enabled Dr. Skinner to highlight the differences between the psychological and the spirit-orientated approaches to magick, and to show how that dilemma shaped Crowley's practice and his founding of Thelema, enlightening the reader to many previously unknown connections.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190460914

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The Confucian Four Books for Women by Anonim Pdf

This volume presents the first English translation of the Confucian classics, Four Books for Women, with extensive commentary by the compiler, Wang Xiang, and introductions and annotations by translator Ann A. Pang-White. Written by women for women's education, the Confucian Four Books for Women spanned the 1st to the 16th centuries, and encompass Ban Zhao's Lessons for Women, Song Ruoxin's and Song Ruozhao's Analects for Women, Empress Renxiaowen's Teachings for the Inner Court, and Madame Liu's (Chaste Widow Wang's) Short Records of Models for Women. A female counterpart to the famous Sishu (Four Books) compiled by Zhu Xi, Wang Xiang's Nü sishu provides an invaluable look at the long-standing history and evolution of Chinese women's writing, education, identity, and philosophical discourse, along with their struggles and triumphs, across the millennia and numerous Chinese dynasties. Pang-White's new translation brings the authors of the Four Books for Women to life as real, living people, and illustrates why they wrote and how their work empowered women.

Author : James Legge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1134 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : China
ISBN : UOM:39015033817068

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The Four Books by James Legge Pdf

Author : Li Fu Chen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 649 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317761037

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Confucian Way by Li Fu Chen Pdf

First published in 1987. The teachings of Confucius have sustained the East for over 2,500 years. As set forth in the Four Books, Confucianism stresses morality, love of peace, justice, honesty, virtue, moderation in all things and sincerity as the means of self-fulfilment. Chen arranges into one compact volume the essential principles for human conduct propounded in Confucius's Four Books, and to make them easily accessible to Western readers for the first time.

Author : Scott McGill
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317296614

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Juvencus' Four Books of the Gospels by Scott McGill Pdf

Juvencus’ Evangeliorum libri IV, or "The Four Books of the Gospels," is a verse rendering of the gospel narrative written ca. 330 CE. Consisting of around 3200 hexameter lines, it is the first of the Latin "Biblical epics" to appear in antiquity, and the first classicizing, hexameter poem on a Christian topic to appear in the western tradition. As such, it is an important text in literary and cultural history. This is the first English translation of the entire poem. The lack of a full English translation has kept many scholars and students, particularly those outside of Classics, and many educated general readers from discovering it. With a thorough introduction to aid in the interpretation and appreciation of the text this clear and accessible English translation will enable a clearer understanding of the importance of Juvencus’ work to later Latin poetry and to the early Church.

Author : Confucio
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-10
Category : Confucianism
ISBN : 1492960942

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礼记 by Confucio Pdf

The Book of Rites, literally the Record of Rites, is a collection of texts describing the social forms, administration, and ceremonial rites of the Zhou Dynasty as they were understood in the Warring States and the early Han periods. The Book of Rites, along with the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli) and the Book of Etiquette and Rites (Yili), which are together known as the "Three Li (San li)," constitute the ritual (li) section of the Five Classics which lay at the core of the traditional Confucian canon (Each of the "five" classics is a group of works rather than a single text). As a core text of the Confucian canon, it is also known as the Classic of Rites, which some scholars believe this was the original title before it was changed by Dai Sheng.

Author : Giovanni Paolo Gallucci,Tbd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 1783748877

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Gallucci's Commentary on Dürer's 'Four Books on Human Proportion' by Giovanni Paolo Gallucci,Tbd Pdf

This translation is the first to make these original contributions by Gallucci accessible to an English-speaking audience.

Author : William Forbes Skene
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Tales
ISBN : OXFORD:555064164

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The Four Ancient Books of Wales Containing the Cymric Poems Attributed to the Bards of the Sixth Century by William Forbes Skene Pdf

Author : Confucius
Publisher : Delphi Classics
Page : 3298 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781786560520

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Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated) by Confucius Pdf

The philosophy of Confucius emphasises personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity, which were developed into a system known as Confucianism. Confucius is traditionally credited with having authored or edited many of the Chinese classic texts including all of the Five Classics. This comprehensive eBook presents the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Confucius and the Chinese Classics * Concise introductions to the texts * Features James Legge's seminal translations * All Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism * Includes multiple translations of the ANALECTS, including a special dual text * Excellent formatting of the texts * Includes the legendary I CHING divination text * Features three biographies - discover Confucius’ ancient world * Scholarly ordering of texts into literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Four Books GREAT LEARNING DOCTRINE OF THE MEAN ANALECTS MENCIUS The Five Classics CLASSIC OF POETRY BOOK OF DOCUMENTS BOOK OF RITES I CHING SPRING AND AUTUMN ANNALS The Biographies THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF CONFUCIUS by James Legge THE LIFE, LABOURS AND DOCTRINES OF CONFUCIUS by Edward Harper Parker BRIEF BIOGRAPHY: CONFUCIUS Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

Author : William Stanley Merwin
Publisher : Copper Canyon Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781556591396

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The First Four Books of Poems by William Stanley Merwin Pdf

Reintroduces the out-of-print works of one of this century's greatest American poets.

Author : Daniel K. Gardner
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Neo-Confucianism
ISBN : 0231128649

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Zhu Xi's Reading of the Analects by Daniel K. Gardner Pdf

This text explains the significance of Zhu Xi's interpretation of the Confucian tradition and of the genre of commentary in Eastern philosophy.

Author : Wm. Theodore De Bary,William Theodore De Bary
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Best books
ISBN : 9780231153966

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Finding Wisdom in East Asian Classics by Wm. Theodore De Bary,William Theodore De Bary Pdf

Finding Wisdom in East Asian Classics is an essential, all-access guide to the core texts of East Asian civilization and culture. Essays address frequently read, foundational texts in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese, as well as early modern fictional classics and nonfiction works of the seventeenth century. Building strong links between these writings and the critical traditions of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism, this volume shows the vital role of the classics in the shaping of Asian history and in the development of the humanities at large. Wm. Theodore de Bary focuses on texts that have survived for centuries, if not millennia, through avid questioning and contestation. Recognized as perennial reflections on life and society, these works represent diverse historical periods and cultures and include the Analects of Confucius, Mencius, Laozi, Xunxi, the Lotus Sutra, Tang poetry, the Pillow Book, The Tale of Genji, and the writings of Chikamatsu and Kaibara Ekken. Contributors explain the core and most commonly understood aspects of these works and how they operate within their traditions. They trace their reach and reinvention throughout history and their ongoing relevance in modern life. With fresh interpretations of familiar readings, these essays inspire renewed appreciation and examination. In the case of some classics open to multiple interpretations, de Bary chooses two complementary essays from different contributors. Expanding on debates concerning the challenges of teaching classics in the twenty-first century, several pieces speak to the value of Asia in the core curriculum. Indispensable for early scholarship on Asia and the evolution of global civilization, Finding Wisdom in East Asian Classics helps one master the major texts of human thought.

Author : Alasdair Gray
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781841959078

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Lanark by Alasdair Gray Pdf

This novel is a work of extraordinary imagination and wide range. Its playful narrative techniques convey a profound message, both personal and political, about humankind's inability to love and yet our compulsion to go on trying.