目錄
Contents
Preface
Chapter Ⅰ Who was Confucius
Section 1 Peculiar Signs of the Sage
Section 2 From 『Devotion to Studying』 to 『Tireless Learning』
Section 3 Top Scholar Aims at Officialdom
Section 4 Travelling to Other States to Pursue His Dream
Section 5 The Great Master and His 3,000 Disciples
Section 6 The Birth of the Confucian Canon-The Analects of Confucius
Chapter Ⅱ The Origins and Evolution of Confucianism
Section 1 Benevolence, Righteousness, Propriety, Wisdom and Trustworthiness
Section 2 From the Contending of All Schools of Thought to Venerating Confucianism Alone
Section 3 The Syncretism of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism
Section 4 Neo-Confucianism of the Song Dynasty and the Culmination of Confucian Development
Section 5 Confucianism During the Ming and Qing Dynasties
Chapter Ⅲ The Inheritance and Development of Confucianism
Section 1 The Tortuous Development of Modern Confucianism
Section 2 The Rise of Confucianism Fervor
Section 3 Grand Activities in Memory of Confucius
Section 4 Reviewing the Classics by Removing the Dross and Retaining the Essences
Chapter Ⅳ The Chinese View of Confucianism
Section 1 The Prevalent Decorum Culture
Section 2 Outer Round and Inner Square Social Behavior
Section 3 Chinese Patriotism
Section 4 The Chinese People's Sense of a Native Hometown
Section 5 Social Ideal of Universal Peace
Chapter Ⅴ Oriental Wisdom Shining Around the World
Section 1 The Influence of Confucian Culture on Asia
Section 2 China Fever in the Modern West
Section 3 Within the Four Seas, All Men Are Brothers
Section 4 Inheritance of Confucianism by Overseas Chinese
Appendix A Brief Chinese Chronology
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