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Condensed but impressive introduction to Confucianism. Clear and very readable. For such a short book to cover Confucianism with such great depth and breath is an excellent achievement.

Condensed but impressive introduction to Confucianism. My insight of the Chinese culture and his people changed profoundly during lecture.

Gardner Daniel K. (EN). To understand China, it is essential to understand Confucianism. First formulated in the sixth century BCE, the teachings of Confucius would come to dominate Chinese society, politics, economics, and ethics. In this Very Short Introduction, Daniel K. Gardner explores the major philosophical ideas of the Confucian tradition, showing their profound impact on state ideology and imperial government, the civil service examination system, domestic life, and social relations over the course of twenty-six centuries.

Confucianism: A Very Short Introduction. Very Short Introductions). by. Daniel K. Gardner.

First formulated in the sixth century BCE, the teachings of Confucius. Confucianism: A Very Short Introduction. First formulated in the sixth century BCE, the teachings of Confucius came to dominate Chinese society, politics, economics, and ethics.

Confucianism: A Very Short Introduction explores the major philosophical ideas of the Confucian tradition, showing their profound impact on state ideology, imperial government, the civil service .

Confucianism: A Very Short Introduction explores the major philosophical ideas of the Confucian tradition, showing their profound impact on state ideology, imperial government, the civil service examination system, domestic life, and social relations over the course of twenty-six centuries. It focuses on two of the Sage's most crucial philosophical problems-what makes for a good person, and what constitutes good government-and demonstrates the enduring significance of these questions today and how the Confucian tradition sits alongside Western ideas and technology.

To understand China, it is essential to understand Confucianism.

Very Short Introductions (VSI) are a book series published by the Oxford University Press (OUP). The books are concise introductions to particular subjects, intended for a general audience but written by experts. Most are under 200 pages long. While authors may present personal viewpoints, the books are meant to be "balanced and complete" as well as thought provoking.

About the Series: Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects . In this excerpt below from Confucianism: A Very Short Introduction, Daniel K. Gardner discusses the future the teacher behind the ideas imagined

About the Series: Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects-from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, Literary Theory to History, and Archaeology to the Bible. Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume in this series provides trenchant and provocative-yet always balanced and of the central issues in a given discipline or field. Gardner discusses the future the teacher behind the ideas imagined. Posted on September 12, 2014.

To understand China, it is essential to understand Confucianism.

Daniel K. Gardner, Confucianism: A Very Short Introduction (New York: Oxford. University Press, 2014), pp. xvi + 136, £ . 9, ISBN: 978-0-19-539891-5

Daniel K. 9, ISBN: 978-0-19-539891-5. As the single most influential Chinese school of thought, Confucianism is fundamental. April 1984 · Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society.

Confucianism: A Very Short Introduction Gardner Daniel K. Oxford Academ 9780195398915 : Daniel K. Gardner explores the major philosophical ideas of the Confucian tradition, showing the profoun. Описание: Neo–Confucianism is a philosophically sophisticated tradition weaving classical Confucianism together with themes from Buddhism and Daoism.