Confucius : a life of thought and politics / Ann-ping Chin.

Confucius : a life of thought and politics / Ann-ping Chin.

9780300151183 (pbk.)
0300151187 (pbk.)
9780300136494
0300136498

New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2008.

English

xiv, 268 pages : map ; 24 cm

B128.C8 C4927 2008

181.112

"For more than two thousand years, Confucius (551- 479 B.C.) has been a fundamental part of China's history. His influence as a moral thinker remains powerful to this day. Yet despite his fame and the perennial interest in his life and teachings, Confucius the man has been elusive, and no definitive biography has emerged. In this book, the scholar and writer Annping Chin negotiates centuries of reconstructions, guess-work, and numerous Chinese texts in order to establish an absorbing and original account of the thinker's life and legacy. [In this book] Chin brings the historical Confucius within reach so that he can lead us into his idea of the moral and explain his timeless teachings on family and politics, culture and learning. Confucius is the culmination of years of research, a book that makes an important and fascinating contribution to biography and Chinese history." -- Book cover.

Originally published: New York : Scribner, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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