num_pages: 172
description: In Confucianism: Its Roots and Global Significance English-language readers get a rare opportunity to read in a single volume the work of one of Taiwans most distinguished scholars. Although Ming-huei Lee has published in English before the corpus of his non-Chinese writings is in German. Readers of this volume will soon discover the hard-mindedness and precision of thinking so associated with German philosophy as they enter into his discussions of Confucianism. As readers progress through this book they will be constantly reminded that all philosophy should be truly comparative. . . . The work is divided into three sections: Classical Confucianism and Its Modern Reinterpretations Neo-Confucianism in China and Korea and Ethics and Politics. These sections evince just some of the range of Ming-huei Lees thinking as well as his inclusive reach of Confucian philosophy to the whole of East Asia especially to Korea. In the Ethics and Politics section readers will get a taste for the return to his own tradition through the lens of Kantian philosophy with his analysis of Confucius and the virtue ethics debate in Confucian philosophical circles. Lees thinking through Mou Zongsans interpretation of Confucianism Zhu Xi and the Huxiang scholars debate on ren and the unfolding of the debates over the 'four buddings' and 'seven feelings' in Korea by Yi Toegye and Gi Gobong sets up the subsequent chapters of the book: a reconstruction of Wang Yangmings philosophy and theories of democracy and a critique of Jiang Qings 'political Confucianism.' His work in this book adds a sizable appendage to Confucian scholarship. Moreover the interrelated ideas and arguments presented in this book are a special contribution to the Confucian project in English-speaking countries across the world. from the Editors Foreword
language: None
title: Confucianism: Its Roots and Global Significance
publisher: University of Hawaii Press