Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Plates -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. CONFUCIANISM BEFORE CONFUCIUS -- 2. CONFUCIUS: TRANSMITTER AND FOUNDING FATHER -- 3. MENCIUS -- 4. XUN ZI -- 5. CONFUCIANISM BECOMES STATE PHILOSOPHY -- 6. THE NEO-CONFUCIAN REVIVAL -- 7. BACK TO BASICS: FROM PHILOSOPHY TO PHILOLOGY -- 8. CONFUCIANISM AND MODERNIZATION -- CONCLUSIONS -- Index.

This book provides an outline and an appraisal of Confucianism as a system of ideas and beliefs that evolved during the past 3 millennia and continue to do so. Its roots are traced back to pre-Confucian times, followed by a detaled examination of some 40 Confucian thinkers. It also describes the social context of evolution of Confucian thought.

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