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Sources of Chinese tradition,

Author: William Theodore De Bary
Publisher: New York, Columbia University Press, 1960.
Series: Records of civilization, sources and studies, 55.; Introduction to Oriental civilizations.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Genre/Form: Sources
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: William Theodore De Bary
ISBN: 0231022557 9780231022552
OCLC Number: 249276
Notes: Translations from various sources and by various individuals.
Description: xxiv, 976 p. illus., maps. 24 cm.
Contents: Pt. 1. The classical period. The Chinese tradition in antiquity ; Confucius ; Mo Tzu: universal love, utilitarianism, and uniformity ; Taoism ; Logic and cosmology ; Molders of the Confucian tradition ; The legalists. --
Pt. 2. The imperial age: Chʻin and Han. The imperial order ; The universal order ; The economic order ; Rationalism and superstition ; Confucianism and the Confucian canon ; The great Han historians. --
Pt. 3. Neo-Taoism and Buddhism. Neo-Taoism ; The introduction of Buddhism ; The schools of Buddhism I ; The schools of Buddhism II. --
Pt. 4. The Confucian revival. Precursors of the Confucian revival ; The Confucian revival in the Sung ; Neo-Confucianism: the school of principle or reason ; Neo-Confucianism: the school of the mind or intuition ; The late harvest of Confucian scholarship ; Popular religion and secret societies. --
Pt. 5. China and the new world. The opening of China to the West ; The heavenly kingdom of the Taipings ; Reform and reaction under the Manchus ; The Nationalist Revolution ; The new culture movement ; Chinese Communism.
Series Title: Records of civilization, sources and studies, 55.; Introduction to Oriental civilizations.
Responsibility: compiled by Wm. Theodore de Bary, Wing-tsit Chan [and] Burton Watson. With contributions by Yi-pao Mei [and others]

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