商品簡介
In this impressive study, Meyer (Chinese philosophy, Institute for Chinese Studies, Queen's College, U. of Oxford, the UK) translates four texts--The way of fidelity and trustworthiness, Failure and success appear at their respective times, Five aspects of virtuous conduct, and Human nature is brought forth by decree--from the Warring States period to examine their philology and approach to presenting the text, with attention to both the underlying philosophy of the text and the method of its formulation, thus distinguishing between the texts in a new way. Following a lengthy introduction to the texts and his methodology, Meyer presents a systematic analysis of each text and its structure, then turns to the larger context of the texts' origins, and a discussion of Warring States philosophy and how it was formulated and written. The volume concludes with translations of each text and full discussion of their reconstruction. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Dirk Meyer, Ph.D. (2008, Leiden University), is University Lecturer in Chinese Philosophy at the Institute for Chinese Studies, and Fellow of The Queen's College, University of Oxford. He has published extensively on text and manuscript culture and strategies of meaning construction in early China.
