Shi Zi
Subtitle: China's first syncretist
By: translated and with an introduction by Paul Fischer
Contributors: Fischer, Paul, 1961-
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780231159067; 9780231504171
Other titles: China's first syncretist
Work titles: Shizi
Description: "By blending multiple strands of thought into one ideology, Chinese Syncretists of the pre-imperial period created an essential guide to contemporary ideas about self, society, and government. Merging traditions such as Ruism, Mohism, Daoism, Legalism, and Yin-Yang naturalism into their work, Syncretists created an integrated intellectual approach that contrasts with other, more specific philosophies. Presenting the first full English translation of the earliest example of a Syncretist text, this volume introduces Western scholars to both the brilliance of the syncretic method and a critical work of Chinese leadership.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Exhortation to learn (Quan xue); title: Honoring words [of good advice] (Gui yan); title: Four kinds of proper conduct (Si yi); title: The enlightenment hall (Ming tang); title: Allocation (Fen); title: Emerging from delusion (Fa meng); title: Considerateness (Shu); title: Governing the world (Zhi tianxia); title: Good intentions (Ren yi); title: Broad-mindedness (Guang); title: Generous fellows (Chuo zi); title: Dwelling in the way (Chu dao); title: Spiritous enlightenment (Shen ming); title: Stopping the Chu army (Zhi Chu shi); title: The ruler's governance (Jun zhi); title: Fragments (Yi wen).