Manufacturing Confucianism: Chinese Traditions and Universal Civilization

by Lionel M. Jensen

Book Overview

Could it be that the familiar and beloved figure of Confucius was invented by Jesuit priests? In Manufacturing Confucianism, Lionel M. Jensen reveals this very fact, demonstrating how sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Western missionaries used translations of the ancient ru tradition to invent the presumably historical figure who has since been globally celebrated as philosopher, prophet, statesman, wise man, and saint.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822320479
• ISBN13: 9780822320470
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.3"