中国人文标识系列:孔子,儒学与儒家学派(英)

ContentsPreface……………………………………………………………………………01Chapter I Who was Confucius?Section 1 Peculiar Signs of the Sage…………………………………………………002Section 2 From ‘Devotion to Studying’ to ‘Tireless Learning’…………………005Section 3 Top Scholar Aims at Officialdom…………………………………………013Section 4 Travelling to Other States to Pursue His Dream………………………027Section 5 The Great Master and His 3,000 Disciples …………………………..041Section 6 The Birth of the Confucian Canon —‘The Analects of Confucius’…..048Chapter II The Origins and Evolution of ConfucianismSection 1 Benevolence, Righteousness, Propriety, Wisdom and Trustworthiness..054Section 2 From the Contending of All Schools of Thought to Venerating Confucianism Alone …………………………………………061Section 3 The Syncretism of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism…………..071Section 4 Neo-Confucianism of the Song Dynasty and the Culmination of Confucian Development……………………………………………………078Section 5 Confucianism During the Ming and Qing Dynasties………………..091Chapter III The Inheritance and Development of ConfucianismSection 1 The Tortuous Development of Modern Confucianism………………104Section 2 The Rise of Confucianism Fervor…………………………………………111Section 3 Grand Activities in Memory of Confucius………………………………115Section 4 Reviewing the Classics by Removing the Dross and Retaining the Essences………………………………………………………………………..121Chapter IV The Chinese View of ConfucianismSection 1 The Prevalent Decorum Culture………………………………………….126Section 2 Outer Round and Inner Square Social Behavior……………………..133Section 3 Chinese Patriotism…………………………………………………………..136Section 4 The Chinese People’s Sense of a Native Hometown………………..141Section 5 Social Ideal of Universal Peace…………………………………………..148Chapter V Oriental Wisdom Shining Around the WorldSection 1 The Influence of Confucian Culture on Asia…………………………..154Section 2 China Fever in the Modern West…………………………………………165Section 3 ‘Within the Four Seas, All Men Are Brothers’………………………….173Section 4 Inheritance of Confucianism by Overseas Chinese …………………180Appendix A Brief Chinese Chronology………………………………………………188