Chinese Language, Thought, and Culture: Nivison and His Critics (Critics & Their Critics)
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ISBN: 0812693183 / Publisher: Open Court Publishing Company, May 1996
A collection of essays by leading sinologists, historians, and philosophers, challenging and extendi...
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A collection of essays by leading sinologists, historians, and philosophers, challenging and extending the work of David Nivison, whose contributions range across moral philosophy, religious thought, intellectual history, and linguistics. Subjects include women in the life and thought of Zhang Xuecheng, micro-periodization and the calendar of a Shang military campaign, and "existentialism" in the school of Wang Yangming. Includes comments by Nivison after each essay, and a list of his published works. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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