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001 2014933937
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008 140221s2014 nju b 001 0 eng d
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100 0 $aXunzi,$d340 B.C.-245 B.C.
240 10 $aXunzi.$lEnglish
245 10 $aXunzi :$bthe complete text /$ctranslated and with an introduction by Eric L. Hutton.
264 1 $aPrinceton :$bPrinceton University Press,$c[2014]
300 $axxx, 397 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
546 $aChinese title on title page: Xunzi.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 385-386) and index.
520 $aThis is the first complete, one-volume English translation of the ancient Chinese text Xunzi, one of the most extensive, sophisticated, and elegant works in the tradition of Confucian thought. Through essays, poetry, dialogues, and anecdotes, the Xunzi articulates a Confucian perspective on ethics, politics, warfare, language, psychology, human nature, ritual, and music, among other topics. Aimed at general readers and students of Chinese thought, Eric Hutton's translation makes the full text of this important work more accessible in English than ever before. Named for its purported author, the Xunzi (literally, "Master Xun") has long been neglected compared to works such as the Analects of Confucius and the Mencius. Yet interest in the Xunzi has grown in recent decades, and the text presents a much more systematic vision of the Confucian ideal than the fragmented sayings of Confucius and Mencius. In one famous, explicit contrast to them, the Xunzi argues that human nature is bad. However, it also allows that people can become good through rituals and institutions established by earlier sages. Indeed, the main purpose of the Xunzi is to urge people to become as good as possible, both for their own sakes and for the sake of peace and order in the world.$cDust jacket
650 0 $aPhilosophy, Chinese$yTo 221 B.C.
650 0 $aPhilosophy, Confucian$yTo 221 B.C.
700 1 $aHutton, Eric L.,$etranslator,$eeditor.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1507/2014933937-t.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1507/2014933937-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1507/2014933937-b.html