Wang Yangming An Essential Biography

Author : Umberto Bresciani
Publisher : Passerino Editore
ISBN 13 : 8893450925
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wang Yangming: An Essential Biography written by Umberto Bresciani and published by Passerino Editore. This book was released on 2016-07-31 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bresciani, Umberto, Wang Yangming – An Essential Biography, Passerino Editore, 2016. This is a biography – the first in Western languages - of an extraordinary man, who has fascinated countless people in the last five centuries. Wang Yangming was a philosopher, a military and political leader, and a poet and artist; but most of all a spiritual master for all those who came to him in search for a guide on the path to wisdom. The stages of his eventful life are presented in twelve chapters, while three appendices illustrate the doctrines for which he has remained famous (Appendix 1), his spiritual and cultural legacy (Appendix 2), and various interpretations of such a complex figure, especially from the point of view of East-West comparative philosophy (Appendix 3). Umberto Bresciani 1942 Born in Ca’d’Andrea, Cremona, Italy. 1962 High School Graduate (Maturità Classica), Liceo Ballerini, Seregno (MI), Italy. 1968 Licentiate of Philosophy & Theology, Studentato Teologico Saveriano, Parma, Italy. 1969 Entered Chinese Language Institute (Annexed to Fujen University, Taipei, Taiwan). 1973 B.A. (major: History; minor: Chinese Studies), University of Maryland (U.S.A.), Far East Division. 1975 M.A. Chinese Literature, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. 1983 Ph. D. Chinese Literature, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. Professor of Italian Language: National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei (since 1974). Professor, Dept. of Italian Language & Culture, Fujen University, Xinzhuang, Taipei, Taiwan (since 2003). Umberto Bresciani has lived in Taiwan for over 40 years. His main interest is Chinese philosophical and religious thought and comparative theological studies. Main publications Books: Xifang hanxuejia yanjiu wenshidongyi de shangdui (Evaluation of research by Western sinologists on the Wenshidongyi), dissertation for the Ph.D., Chinese Literature, Taipei: National Taiwan University, May 1983. Reinventing Confucianism: The New Confucian Movement, Taipei: Ricci Institute, 2001. La filosofia cinese nel ventesimo secolo – I nuovi confuciani, Roma: Urbaniana University Press, 2009. Il primo principio della filosofia confuciana, Ebook: Passerino Editore, 10 giugno 2014.

Author : Weiming Tu
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520029682
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Neo-Confucian Thought in Action written by Weiming Tu and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1976-01-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tu Wei-Ming
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520334825
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Neo-Confucian Thought in Action written by Tu Wei-Ming and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ping Dong
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 981153036X
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Background of Wang Yang-ming’s Philosophy of Mind written by Ping Dong and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book offers comprehensive information on Wang Yang-ming’s life, helping readers identify and grasp the foundations on which his philosophy was established. Though a great man, Wang had an extremely difficult life, full of many hardships. Based on various official histories, Wang’s own writings, and his disciples’ records, the book explores the legendary life of this ancient philosopher, who not only diligently pursued his objective of living as a sage, but also persistently sought the ideal state of a sage in ideology. The author also shares his own interpretations of the main aspects of Wang’s philosophy using simple and straightforward language. This book will help readers understand and appreciate Wang Yang-ming’s extraordinary life, his generous mind, deep thoughts and bright personality, inspiring them to pursue enriching lives. It offers a unique and insightful work for undergraduate students and all others interested in Wang’s philosophy and life story.

Author : Chen Lai
Publisher : Bridge 21 Publications
ISBN 13 : 1626430667
Total Pages : 563 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spirit of Wang Yangming's Philosophy written by Chen Lai and published by Bridge 21 Publications. This book was released on 2020-07-19 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of Wang’s philosophy at different stages throughout its maturation so as to sketch the essential character and grand picture of Wang’s philosophy. As a systematic study of Wang’s philosophy, this monograph boasts a broad perspective, profound analysis and substantial historical data. It is a perfect manifestation of the author’s academic accomplishment and presents the readers with a panorama of Wang’s thought. Although the book is focused primarily on Wang, its scope and methodology carry great implications for the study of Song and Ming Confucianism and even ancient Chinese philosophy as a whole.

Author : Siu-Chi Huang
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Essentials of Neo-Confucianism written by Siu-Chi Huang and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1999-11-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Huang's book analyzes the major Neo-Confucian philosophers from the eleventh to the sixteenth centuries. Focusing on metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical philosophical issues, this study presents the historical development of the Neo-Confucian school, an outgrowth of ancient Confucianism, and characterizes its thought, background, and influence. Key concepts—for example ^Utai-ji (supreme ultimate), ^Uxin (mind), and ^Uren (humanity)—as interpreted by each thinker are discussed in detail. Also examined are the two major schools that developed during this period, Cheng-Zhu, School of Principle, and Lu-Wang, School of Mind. These schools, despite different philosophical orientations, were convinced that their common goal, to bring about a harmonious relationships between man and the universe and between man and man, could be achieved through different ways of philosophizing. To understand the Chinese mind, it is necessary to understand Neo-Confucianism as a reformation of early Confucianism. This analytical presentation of major Neo-Confucian philosophers, from the eleventh to the sixteenth centuries, examines Zhou Dun-yi (1017-1073), Shao Yong (1011-1077), Zhang Zai (1020-1077), Cheng Hao (1032-1085), Cheng Yi (1033-1107), Zhu Xi (1130-1200), Lu Xiang-shan (1139-1193), and Wang Yang-ming (1427-1529). With its focus on metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical philosophical issues, Huang's study presents the historical development of the Neo-Confucian school, an outgrowth of ancient Confucianism, and characterizes its thought, background, and influence. Key concepts—for example, ^Utai-ji (supreme ultimate), ^Uxin (mind), and ^Uren (humanity)—as interpreted by each thinker are discussed in detail. The two major schools that developed during these six centuries are examined as well. Lu-Wang, School of Mind, developed in criticism of Cheng-Zhu, School of Principle. The two schools, despite different approaches toward their philosophical pursuits, were convinced that their common goals, to bring about harmonious relationships between man and the universe and between man and man, could be achieved through different ways of philosophizing. To understand the Chinese mind, it is necessary to understand Neo-Confucianism as a reformation of early Confucianism. Scholars of Eastern religions and philosophy will appreciate the objective interpretations of each thinker's philosophy, for which pertinent passages spoken by each man have been selected and translated by the author from the original Chinese, and the comparisons of the Neo-Confucian philosophies with those of the West. An introduction provides the historical background in which to study the rise of Neo-Confucianism. The study is organized ehronologically and includes a glossary of terms and a bibliography which serves as a helpful guide for further research.

Author : Frederick Goodrich Henke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of Wang Yang-Ming written by Frederick Goodrich Henke and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Confucius
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603842233
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Essential Analects written by Confucius and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2006-03-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Essential Analects offers a representative selection from Edward Slingerland's acclaimed translation of the full work, including passages covering all major themes. An appendix of selected traditional commentaries keyed to each passage provides access to the text and to its reception and interpretation. Also included are a glossary of terms and short biographies of the disciples of Confucius and the traditional commentators cited.

Author : Anne D. Birdwhistell
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804726054
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Li Yong (1627-1705) and Epistemological Dimensions of Confucian Philosophy written by Anne D. Birdwhistell and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study has three separate but interrelated aims: to offer a methodological approach for comparative philosophy on the level of the philosophical system; to examine Confucian philosophy as a philosophical system, with emphasis on its epistemological dimensions; and to use the thought of a particular thinker as an example of how the Confucian tradition was appropriated by individual thinkers. The author demonstrates that Confucian philosophy was a social system in which ideas and actions gained philosophical meaning in reference to specific socio-historical contexts and to specific levels of society (from the Confucian tradition itself to the individual person). Throughout, the author employs insights from anthropological theory, notably the social theory of communication, and draws on Western philosophy to illuminate Confucian ideas and assumptions and to provide cross-cultural comparisons and contrasts.

Author : Victoria Kennick
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438444990
Total Pages : 292 pages
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Download or read book Spiritual Masters of the World's Religions written by Victoria Kennick and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-12-28 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is a spiritual master? Spiritual Masters of the World's Religions offers an important contribution to religious studies by addressing that question in the context of such themes as charismatic authority, role models, symbolism, and categories of religious perception. The book contains essays by scholar-practitioners on the topic of spiritual masters in Judaic, Christian, Islamic, Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Confucian, and Daoist traditions. It provides a full spectrum of exemplars, including founders, spiritual masters who highlight cultural themes, and problematic figures of modern times. To define spiritual master, the work of Max Weber, Mircea Eliade, Daniel Gold, and Bruce Lincoln is referenced to provide a balanced notion that includes both religionist and reductionist perspectives. This book takes readers from the past spiritual masters to the future of masters of any sort, posing food for thought about the future of master-disciple relationships in an emerging age of egalitarian sentiments.