{"product_id":"zhu-xis-reading-of-the-analects-canon-commentary-and-the-classical-tradition-9780231128650","title":"Zhu XI's Reading of the Analects: Canon, Commentary, and the Classical Tradition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eAnalects\u003c\/i\u003e is a compendium of the sayings of Confucius (551-479 b.c.e.), transcribed and passed down by his disciples. How it came to be transformed by Zhu Xi (1130-1200) into one of the most philosophically significant texts in the Confucian tradition is the subject of this book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eScholarly attention in China had long been devoted to the \u003ci\u003eAnalects.\u003c\/i\u003e By the time of Zhu Xi, a rich history of commentary had grown up around it. But Zhu, claiming that the \u003ci\u003eAnalects\u003c\/i\u003e was one of the authoritative texts in the canon and should be read before all others, gave it a still more privileged status in the tradition. He spent decades preparing an extended interlinear commentary on it. Sustained by a newer, more elaborate language of metaphysics, Zhu's commentary on the \u003ci\u003eAnalects\u003c\/i\u003e marked a significant shift in the philosophical orientation of Confucianism--a shift that redefined the Confucian tradition for the next eight centuries, not only in China, but in Japan and Korea well. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGardner's translations and analysis of Zhu Xi's commentary on the \u003ci\u003eAnalects\u003c\/i\u003e show one of China's great thinkers in an interesting and complex act of philosophical negotiation. Through an interlinear, line-by-line \"dialogue\" with Confucius, Zhu effected a reconciliation of the teachings of the Master, commentary by later exegetes, and contemporary philosophical concerns of Song-dynasty scholars. By comparing Zhu's reading of the \u003ci\u003eAnalects\u003c\/i\u003e with the earlier standard reading by He Yan (190-249), Gardner illuminates what is dramatically new in Zhu Xi's interpretation of the \u003ci\u003eAnalects.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA pioneering study of Zhu Xi's reading of the \u003ci\u003eAnalects, \u003c\/i\u003e this book demonstrates how commentary is both informed by a text and informs future readings, and highlights the importance of interlinear commentary as a genre in Chinese philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3509560\"\u003eDaniel Gardner\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 6.00w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231128650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231128657\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS003000\"\u003eAsia | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PHI\"\u003ePhilosophy\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PHI003000\"\u003eEastern\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL018000\"\u003eConfucianism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Gardner is professor of history at Smith College. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLearning to Be a Sage\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChu Hsi and the Ta-hsueh: Neo-Confucian Reflection on the Confucian Canon.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44564714717421,"sku":"9780231128650","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_8e405824-e9b5-43d7-aae8-ab4270f1ece5.jpg?v=1701854561","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/zhu-xis-reading-of-the-analects-canon-commentary-and-the-classical-tradition-9780231128650","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}