Neo-Confucian Orthodoxy and the Learning of the Mind-and-Heart (Neo-Confucian Studies)

A Major Addition To Our Understanding Of The Development Of Neo-confucianism--its Complexity, Diversity, Richness, And Depth As A Major Component Of The Moral And Spiritual Fiber Of The Peoples Of East Asia. Part I: The Rise Of Neo-confucian Orthodoxy In Yüan China -- Part Ii: The Neo-confucian Learning Of The Mind-and-heart -- Neo-confucian Orthodoxies And The Learning Of The Mind-and-heart In Early Tokugawa Japan. Wm. Theodore De Bary. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Because Chu Hsi became such a dominant figure in East Asian thought, and because his Neo-Cofucian teaching stood for so long as the established orthodoxy, it has been natural to think of it as officially accepted almost from the beginning and difficult to imagine a time when it was not. Copyright Contents Preface Part I: THE RISE OF NEO-CONFUCIAN ORTHODOXY IN YUAN CHINA Part II: THE NEO-CONFUCIAN LEARNING OF THE MIND-AND-HEART Part III: NEO-CONFUCIAN ORTHODOXIES AND THE LEARNING OF THE MIND-AND-HEARTIN EARLY TOKUGAWA JAPAN Chu Hsi's Doctrine as Taught by Chen Te-hsiu