Conceptual Lexicon for Classical Confucian Philosophy

Conceptual Lexicon for Classical Confucian Philosophy

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Ames, Roger T.
State University of New York Press
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Over the years, Roger T. Ames and his collaborators have consistently argued for a processual understanding of Chinese natural cosmology made explicit in the Book of Changes. It is this way of thinking, captured in its own interpretive context with the expression &quote;continuities in change&quote; (biantong) that has shaped the grammar of the Chinese language and informs the key philosophical vocabulary of Confucian philosophy. Over the past several centuries of cultural encounter, the formula established by the early missionaries for the translation of classical Chinese texts into Western languages has resulted in a Christian conversion of Confucian texts that is still very much with us today. And more recently, the invention of a new Chinese language to synchronize East Asian cultures with Western modernity has become another obstacle in our reading of the Confucian canons. This volume, a companion volume to A Sourcebook in Classical Confucian Philosophy, employs a comparative hermeneutical method in an attempt to explain the Confucian terms of art and to take the Confucian tradition on its own terms.
EAN 9781438490823
ISBN 1438490828
Binding Ebook
Publisher State University of New York Press
Publication date October 1, 2022
Pages 552
Language English
Country Uruguay
Authors Ames, Roger T.
Series SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture