| Reconstructing the Confucian Dao: Zhu Xi's Appropriation of Zhou Dunyi Contributor(s): Adler, Joseph A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1438451571 ISBN-13: 9781438451572 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Confucianism - Religion | Eastern - Philosophy | Eastern |
| Dewey: 181.112 |
| LCCN: 2013025545 |
| Series: SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.13" H x 6.43" W x 9.23" (1.44 lbs) 341 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Zhu Xi, the twelfth-century architect of the neo-Confucian canon, declared Zhou Dunyi to be the first true sage since Mencius. This was controversial, as many of Zhu Xi's contemporaries were critical of Zhou Dunyi's Daoist leanings, and other figures had clearly been more significant to the Song dynasty Confucian resurgence. Why was Zhou Dunyi accorded such importance? Joseph A. Adler finds that the earlier thinker provided an underpinning for Zhu Xi's religious practice. Zhou Dunyi's theory of the interpenetration of activity and stillness allowed Zhu Xi to proclaim that his own theory of mental and spiritual cultivation mirrored the fundamental principle immanent in the natural world. This book revives Zhu Xi as a religious thinker, challenging longstanding characterizations of him. Readers will appreciate the inclusion of complete translations of Zhou Dunyi's major texts, Zhu Xi's published commentaries, and other primary source material. |