{"product_id":"zhu-xis-reading-of-the-daniel-gardner-9780231128650","title":"Zhu XI's Reading of the Analects: Canon, Commentary, and the Classical Tradition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eAnalects\u003c\/i\u003e is a compendium of the sayings of Confucius (551-479 b.c.e.), transcribed and passed down by his disciples. How it came to be transformed by Zhu Xi (1130-1200) into one of the most philosophically significant texts in the Confucian tradition is the subject of this book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eScholarly attention in China had long been devoted to the \u003ci\u003eAnalects.\u003c\/i\u003e By the time of Zhu Xi, a rich history of commentary had grown up around it. But Zhu, claiming that the \u003ci\u003eAnalects\u003c\/i\u003e was one of the authoritative texts in the canon and should be read before all others, gave it a still more privileged status in the tradition. He spent decades preparing an extended interlinear commentary on it. Sustained by a newer, more elaborate language of metaphysics, Zhu's commentary on the \u003ci\u003eAnalects\u003c\/i\u003e marked a significant shift in the philosophical orientation of Confucianism--a shift that redefined the Confucian tradition for the next eight centuries, not only in China, but in Japan and Korea well. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGardner's translations and analysis of Zhu Xi's commentary on the \u003ci\u003eAnalects\u003c\/i\u003e show one of China's great thinkers in an interesting and complex act of philosophical negotiation. Through an interlinear, line-by-line \"dialogue\" with Confucius, Zhu effected a reconciliation of the teachings of the Master, commentary by later exegetes, and contemporary philosophical concerns of Song-dynasty scholars. By comparing Zhu's reading of the \u003ci\u003eAnalects\u003c\/i\u003e with the earlier standard reading by He Yan (190-249), Gardner illuminates what is dramatically new in Zhu Xi's interpretation of the \u003ci\u003eAnalects.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA pioneering study of Zhu Xi's reading of the \u003ci\u003eAnalects, \u003c\/i\u003e this book demonstrates how commentary is both informed by a text and informs future readings, and highlights the importance of interlinear commentary as a genre in Chinese philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Gardner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231128657\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231128650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 6.00w x 0.49d","brand":"Daniel Gardner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946359455999,"sku":"9780231128650","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_9c41b631-c36a-4555-a6bf-b7618d56ac6a.jpg?v=1681512697","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/zhu-xis-reading-of-the-daniel-gardner-9780231128650","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}