From its beginnings, Confucianism has vibrantly taught that each person is able to find the Way individually in service to the community & the world. This comprehensive new work tells the story of the grand intellectual development of the Confucian tradition, revealing all the historical phases of ...
From its beginnings, Confucianism has vibrantly taught that each person is able to find the Way individually in service to the community & the world. This comprehensive new work tells the story of the grand intellectual development of the Confucian tradition, revealing all the historical phases of Confucianism & opening the reader's eyes to the often neglected gifts of scholars of the Han, T'ang, & the modern periods, as well as to the vast contributions of Korea & Japan. The author concludes his revelatory study with an examination of the contemporary renewal of the Confucian Way in East Asia & its spread to the West.