Four Books: The Basic Teachings of the Later Confucian Tradition

by Daniel K . Gardner (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2006

  $18.39

  Shows how the Four Books - The Greater Learning , The Analects , The Mencius , and The Doctrine of the Mean - have been read and understood by the Chinese since the twelfth century. This book provides an introduction to the later imperial Confucian tradition; and introduces the reader to Zhu Xi's commentarial understanding of the Four Books.