A Comparative Study of Early Buddhist and Classical Confucian Ethics, by Ok-Sun An. By Ok-Sun An. Asian Thought and Culture , vol. 31, General Editor Sandra Wawrytko. This useful study in comparative religious ethics was formerly the author's doctoral dissertation undertaken at the University of Hawaii under the guidance of the renowned Buddhist scholar Professor David Kalupahana.
Compassion is what sets in train the alchemy of change.
For this reason, the author maintains that two common misconceptions about both Buddhism and Confucianism cannot be sustained. This seems an eminently sound conclusion. The book compares both systems side by side in a series of chapters analyzing them under various headings. A typical chapter will look first at Buddhism, then Confucianism, and conclude with a comparative analysis. The discussion of each tradition is sometimes of an introductory nature but is generally thoughtful and interesting, and the parallels and contrasts in the comparative sections often illuminating.