An Introduction to Confucianism

by Xinzhong Yao

Book Overview

Taking into account the long history and wide range of Confucian Studies, this book introduces Confucianism - initiated in China by Confucius (551 BC-479 BC) - primarily as a philosophical and religious tradition. It pays attention to Confucianism in both the West and the East, focussing on the tradition's doctrines, schools, rituals, sacred places and terminology, but also stressing the adaptations, transformations and new thinking taking place in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521644305
• ISBN13: 9780521644303
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 361 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"