TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tang,Siu-Fu
TI  - Self-realization through Confucian learning: a contemporary reconstruction of Xunzi's ethics 
T2  - SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
SN  - 9781438461502
AV  - B128 .S454 2016
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
KW  - Xunzi,
KW  - Philosophy-Ancient
KW  - Confucian ethics
KW  - Philosophy, Chinese
KW  - To 221 B.C
KW  - Philosophy, Confucian
KW  - China
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Xing and Native Conditions; Xunzi's definitions of xing; "People's xing is bad"; Natural desires and moral neutrality; Goodness and human agency; Chapter 2. Wei and Human Agency; Definitions of wei; From xing to wei; Human agency: Actions and happenings; Xunzi's worldview; Chapter 3. Xing, Wei, and the Origin of Ritual Propriety; Creation of ritual propriety from wei; People's xing at the two stages of wei; Ritual propriety and the satisfaction of desires; The heart-mind's approval and second-order evaluation; Desires and their form of expressionChapter 4. Ritual Propriety and the Good Life; The self and the good; The petty man and the noble man; Understanding the Way; Community and the self; Ritual propriety as self-interpretation; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; 2; b
N2  - "Self-realization through Confucian Learning reconstructs Confucian thinker Xunzi's moral philosophy in response to the modern focus on self-realization. Xunzi (born around 310 BCE) claims that human xing ("nature" or "native conditions") is without an ethical framework and has a tendency to dominate, leading to bad judgments and bad behavior. Confucian ritual propriety (li) is needed to transform these human native conditions. Through li, people become self-directing: in control of feelings and desires and in command of their own lives."--Page 4 of cover
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