The religious thought of Chu Hsi /

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Author / Creator:Ching, Julia.
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Description:1 online resource (x, 348 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11146922
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ISBN:1429403691
9781429403696
0195091892
9780195091892
9780195357899
0195357892
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-335) and index.
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Summary:Recognized as one of the greatest philosophers in classical China, Chu Hsi (1130-1200) is known in the West through translations of one of his many works, the Chin-ssu Lu. This study offers an examination of Chu Hsi's religious thought, based on readings of both primary and secondary sources.
Other form:Print version: Ching, Julia. Religious thought of Chu Hsi. New York : Oxford University Press, 2000 0195091892
Table of Contents:
  • The world of thought in Chu Hsi's time
  • The great ultimate (T'ai-chi)
  • Spiritual beings (Kuei-shen)
  • Rituals (Li)
  • Human nature (Jen-hsing) and the ethics of perfectability
  • Personal cultivation (Hsiu-sheng)
  • Philosophical disputes with Lu Chiu-yüan
  • Chu Hsi and Taoism
  • Chu Hsi and Buddhism
  • Chu Hsi's critics
  • Chu Hsi's relevance.