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Confucius [electronic resource] : a guide for the perplexed / Yong Huang.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Guides for the perplexedPublication details: London : Bloomsbury Academic, ℗♭2012.Description: 1 online resourceISBN:
  • 9781441115683 (Cloth)
  • 1441115684 (Cloth)
  • 9781283706230 (MyiLibrary)
  • 1283706237 (MyiLibrary)
  • 1441144684 (electronic bk.)
  • 9781441144683 (electronic bk.)
  • 9781441180520 (electronic bk.)
  • 1441180524 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 181.112 23
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Contents:
Cover; HalfTitle; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 The life of Confucius: "A homeless dog"; 1. Introduction; 2. Shining ancestry and humble childhood; 3. Confucius establishes himself; 4. The height of Confucius's political career; 5. "A homeless dog" on the way; 6. Return to home state; 7. Last years; 8. Conclusion; 2 Morality: Why you should not turn the other cheek; 1. Introduction; 2. Repay injury with uprightness; 3. Why it is not in the interest of a person to be immoral; 4. Is a virtuous person supposed to make others virtuous?; 5. Conclusion.
3 Virtue: How to love virtue as you love sex1. Introduction; 2. Taking delight in being moral; 3. Being virtuous as being distinctively human; 4. Is a virtuous person foundationally egoistic or self-centered?; 5. A "dilemma of virtue"?; 6. Conclusion; 4 Moral education: How to teach what can only be learned by oneself; 1. Introduction; 2. An apparent paradox in Confucius's philosophy of education; 3. Confucius as a moral educator; 4. Can virtue be taught and how?; 5. The role of government in moral education; 6. Conclusion.
5 Filial piety: Why an upright son does not disclose his father stealing a sheep1. Introduction; 2. Filial piety I: reverence and love; 3. Filial piety II: self-cultivation; 4. Filial piety III: remonstration with parents; 5. Why a filial son does not disclose his father's stealing a sheep; 6. Conclusion; Notes; References; Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; HalfTitle; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 The life of Confucius: "A homeless dog"; 1. Introduction; 2. Shining ancestry and humble childhood; 3. Confucius establishes himself; 4. The height of Confucius's political career; 5. "A homeless dog" on the way; 6. Return to home state; 7. Last years; 8. Conclusion; 2 Morality: Why you should not turn the other cheek; 1. Introduction; 2. Repay injury with uprightness; 3. Why it is not in the interest of a person to be immoral; 4. Is a virtuous person supposed to make others virtuous?; 5. Conclusion.

3 Virtue: How to love virtue as you love sex1. Introduction; 2. Taking delight in being moral; 3. Being virtuous as being distinctively human; 4. Is a virtuous person foundationally egoistic or self-centered?; 5. A "dilemma of virtue"?; 6. Conclusion; 4 Moral education: How to teach what can only be learned by oneself; 1. Introduction; 2. An apparent paradox in Confucius's philosophy of education; 3. Confucius as a moral educator; 4. Can virtue be taught and how?; 5. The role of government in moral education; 6. Conclusion.

5 Filial piety: Why an upright son does not disclose his father stealing a sheep1. Introduction; 2. Filial piety I: reverence and love; 3. Filial piety II: self-cultivation; 4. Filial piety III: remonstration with parents; 5. Why a filial son does not disclose his father's stealing a sheep; 6. Conclusion; Notes; References; Index.

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