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Finding Wisdom in East Asian Classics

Wm. Theodore de Bary

Abstract

This book is an essential, all-access guide to the core texts of East Asian civilization and culture. Chapters address frequently read, foundational texts in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese, as well as early modern fictional classics and nonfiction works of the seventeenth century. Building strong links between these writings and the critical traditions of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism, this book shows the vital role of the classics in the shaping of Asian history and in the development of the humanities at large. The book focuses on texts that have survived for centuries, if no ... More

Keywords: East Asian civilization, East Asian culture, Chinese foundational texts, Japanese foundational texts, Korean foundational texts, Vietnamese foundational texts, Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism, Asian history

Bibliographic Information

Print publication date: 2011 Print ISBN-13: 9780231153973
Published to Columbia Scholarship Online: November 2015 DOI:10.7312/columbia/9780231153973.001.0001

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Affiliations are at time of print publication.

Wm. Theodore de Bary, editor
Columbia University

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Front Matter

Title Pages

Title Pages

Title Pages

Contents

Preface

1 Asian Classics as the Great Books of the East

Wm. Theodore de Bary

2 Asia in the Core Curriculum

Wm. Theodore de Bary

3 Why We Read the Analects of Confucius

Wm. Theodore de Bary

4 Mencius

Irene Bloom

5 Laozi

Franciscus Verellen

6 Zhuangzi

Paul Contino

7 Xunzi

Wm. Theodore de Bary

8 The Lotus Sūtra

Wing-tsit Chan

9 The Teaching of Vimalakīrti

Robert A. F. Thurman

10(A) The Platform Sūtra of the Sixth Patriarch

Philip Yampolsky

10(B) The Platform Sūtra as a Chinese Classic

Wm. Theodore de Bary

11 Tang Poetry

Burton Watson

12 Journey to the West

C. T. Hsia

13 A Dream of Red Mansions

C. T. Hsia

14 Zhu Xi and the Four Books

Wm. Theodore de Bary

15 Waiting for the Dawn

Wm. Theodore de Bary

16(A) The Tale of Genji as a Japanese and World Classic

Haruo Shirane

16(B) Passion and Poignancy in The Tale of Genji

Wm. Theodore de Bary

17 The Pillow Book

Wm. Theodore de Bary

18 Kamo no Chōmei’s “An Account of My Hut”

Paul Anderer

19 The Tale of the Heike

Paul Varley

20(A) Kenkō’s Essays in Idleness

Donald Keene

20(B) Kenkō and Montaigne in Tandem

James Mirollo

21(A) The Poetry of Matsuo Bashō

Haruo Shirane

21(B) Matsuo Bashō

Donald Keene

22 Chikamatsu

Donald Keene

23 Saikaku’s Five Women Who Loved Love

Wm. Theodore de Bary

24 KaibaraEkken’s Precepts for Daily Life in Japan

Mary Evelyn Tucker

25 The Contemporary Meaning of T’oegye’s Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning

Michael C. Kalton

26 The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyŏng

JaHyun Kim Haboush

27 The Song of the Faithful Wife Ch’unhyang

Rachel E. Chung

28 Reading and Teaching The Tale of Kieu

Conrad Schirokauer

End Matter

Index