On Ethics and History: Essays and Letters of Zhang Xuecheng

by Philip J. Ivanhoe and Zhang Xuecheng

Zhang Xuecheng (1738-1801) has primarily been read as a philosopher of history. This volume presents him as an ethical philosopher with a distinctive understanding of the aims and methods of Confucian self-cultivation. Offered in English translation for the first time, this collection of Zhang's essays and letters should challenge our current understanding of this Qing dynasty philosopher. On Ethics and History also contains translations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804761280
• ISBN13: 9780804761284
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"