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Images of Human Nature: A Sung Portrait
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Images of Human Nature: A Sung Portrait
Contributors:
By (Author) Donald J. Munro
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
23rd September 2014
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
181.112
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
336
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
454g
Description
In this volume Donald Munro, author of important studies on early and contemporary China, provides a critical analysis of the doctrines of the Sung Neo-Confucian philosopher Chu Hsi (1130-1200). For nearly six centuries Confucian orthodoxy was based on Chu Hsi's commentaries on Confucian classics. These commentaries were the core of the curriculum
