Genealogy of the Way
The Construction and Uses of the Confucian Tradition in Late Imperial China
- Hardcover
388 pages
- Release Date
1 May 1995
Summary
Beginning in the Southern Sung, one Confucian sect gradually came to dominate literati culture and, by the Ming dynasty, was canonized as state orthodoxy. This book is a historical and textual critique of the process by which claims to exclusive possession of the truth came to serve power.Th e author analyzes the formation of the Confucian canon and its role in the civil service examinations, the enshrinement of worthies in the Confucian temple, and the emergence of the Confucian anthology, a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780804724258 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0804724253 |
| Author: | Thomas A. Wilson |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press |
| Imprint: | Stanford University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 388 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 1 May 1995 |
| Weight: | 746g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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“While setting out his task as that of tracing the role of anthologies in the creation and interpretation of an orthodox Confucian tradition, Wilson’s book goes far beyond this to provide a comprehensive overview of the debates and discourses about the ‘correct line’ in the development of Confucian thought from … the Han through … the Qing.” - Journal of Asian Studies
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