TY - BOOK AU - Lodén,Torbjörn TI - Rediscovering Confucianism: A Major Philosophy of Life in East Asia T2 - Rediscovering SN - 9789004213715 AV - BL1853 U1 - 181.112 23 PY - 2006/// CY - Leiden; , Boston PB - BRILL KW - Confucianism KW - Study and teaching KW - East Asia KW - Philosophy, Confucian N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004213715 ER -