The Constitution of Han-Academic Ideology (Part 2) (Formation of Chinese Humanist Ethics)

An Overview and Interdisciplinary Analysis of Confucian, Mencian, and Taoist ethics

This is the first volume of the 4-volume set The Formation of Chinese Humanist Ethics, this book makes Chinese ethics theoretically more understandable through an interdisciplinary approach from a hermeneutic perspective.

The Analects of Confucius are structurally analyzed so as to reveal the universal truths and pragmatic rationality implied in the maxims of this important classic of world philosophy.

The composition, constitution, and structure of the Han Academic system are studied, and other pre-Qin Chinese ideologies, like Taoist nihilism and Mencian-Confucian ethics, are also discussed.

Content Highlights of this book:

The Background and Conditions of Han-Confucianism

The Composition of the Confucian Classics

The Cultural Consequences of Han-Confucianism