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Reflections on things at hand: the neo-Confucian anthology

Zuqian Lü, Xi Zhu and Wing-tsit Chan 1967 © Columbia University Press
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Series
  • Records of Civilization
  • ATLA Special Series
ISBN(s)
  • 9780231028196 (hardcover)
Subject
  • Asian: China and Inner Asia
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  • Frontmatter
  • FOREWORD, by Wm. Theodore de Bary (page vii)
  • PREFACE (page ix)
  • TRANSLATOR'S NOTE (page xi)
  • ABBREVIATIONS (page xiv)
  • Introduction (page xvii)
  • Reflections on Things at Hand
    • PREFACE BY CHU HSI (page 1)
    • PREFACE BY LÜ TSU‐CH'IEN (page 3)
    • I. ON THE SUBSTANCE OF THE WAY (page 5)
    • II. THE ESSENTIALS OF LEARNING (page 35)
    • III. THE INVESTIGATION OF THINGS AND THE INVESTIGATION OF PRINCIPLE TO THE UTMOST (page 88)
    • IV. PRESERVING ONE'S MIND AND NOURISHING ONE'S NATURE (page 123)
    • V. CORRECTING MISTAKES, IMPROVING ONESELF, SELF‐DISCIPLINE, AND RETURNING TO PROPRIETY (page 154)
    • VI. THE WAY TO REGULATE THE FAMILY (page 171)
    • VII. ON SERVING OR NOT SERVING IN THE GOVERNMENT, ADVANCING OR WITHDRAWING, AND ACCEPTING OR DECLINING OFFICE (page 183)
    • VIII. ON THE PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNING THE STATE AND BRINGING PEACE TO THE WORLD (page 202)
    • IX. SYSTEMS AND INSTITUTIONS (page 218)
    • X. METHODS OF HANDLING AFFAIRS (page 238)
    • XI. THE WAY TO TEACH (page 260)
    • XII. CORRECTING MISTAKES AND THE DEFECTS OF THE HUMAN MIND (page 268)
    • XIII. SIFTING THE HETERODOXICAL DOCTRINES (page 279)
    • XIV. ON THE DISPOSITIONS OF SAGES AND WORTHIES (page 289)
  • SOURCES OF SELECTIONS IN THE Chin‐ssu lu (page 309)
  • ON THE Chin‐ssu lu AND ITS COMMENTARIES (page 323)
  • ON TRANSLATING CERTAIN CHINESE PHILOSOPHICAL TERMS (page 359)
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 371)
  • GLOSSARY (page 391)
  • INDEX (page 417)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
JAOS 89.1 (Jan. - Mar. 1969): 228-231 http://www.jstor.org/stable/598322
JAS 29.4 (Aug. 1968): 868-869 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2051588
PEW 20.4 (Oct. 1970): 423-427 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1397826
JAAR 38.2 (Jun. 1970): 183-186 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1461176
TP 57.1/4 (1971): 193-196 http://www.jstor.org/stable/4527854
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