Genealogy of the Way: The Construction and Uses of the Confucian Tradition in Late Imperial China.

Don J. Wyatt, Thomas A. Wilson

The American Historical Review · 1996 · 104 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

Introduction - confucian anthologies: toward a theory of texts and contexts Part I. Genealogy: 1. Canonizing the Confucian tradition 2. Sectarian controversy and the genealogy of the Way 3. The construction of truth and its traditions: the problem with origins Part II. Anthology: 4. The significance of form: Confucian anthologies and the discourse on the way 5. Controversial progenitors: conflicting interpretations of the North Sung Confucian 'revival' 6. 'Polemicks of the larger size': the controversy over Chu Hsi and Lu Hsiang-shan.