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Index
Cover page
Halftitle page
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
Acknowledgments
Contents
List of illustrations
Chronology
Chapter 1: Confucius (551–479 bce) and his legacy: An introduction
The rise of Confucianism in China
The influence of Confucianism in East Asia
The vision of Confucius
Assumptions behind the vision
Conclusion: Reading the Analects of Confucius
Chapter 2: The individual and self-cultivation in the teachings of Confucius
The role of learning
Being a morally superior man: true goodness through ritual practice
On true goodness
On ritual
The family as the crucible of virtue
Chapter 3: Government in Confucian teachings
The ruler as exemplar
Government and the well-being of the people
The mandate of heaven
Chapter 4: Variety within early Confucianism
Mencius
Xunzi
Man and heaven in Mencius and Xunzi
Chapter 5: The reorientation of the Confucian tradition after 1000 ce: The teachings of Neo-Confucianism
Zhu Xi’s Neo-Confucian metaphysics
Self-cultivation and the investigation of things
Zhu Xi’s program of learning
The “Neo” in Neo-Confucianism
Neo-Confucianism after Zhu Xi
Chapter 6: Confucianism in practice
The “Institutionalization” of Confucianism
The civil service examination system
Confucianism and the common people
Confucianism and the ruler
Confucianism and the family
Confucianism and women
Epilogue: Confucianism in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
References
Further reading
Index
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