Interpreting Confucius : the aesthetic turn and its challenges
NI Peimin’s book Confucius: The Man and the Way of Gongfu (Ni 2016) is remarkable not only because it is lucidly written and rich in information but also, more importantly, because it launches a major shift in interpreting Confucius. In his reading, Confucius’ teachings are more about how to lead li...
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| description | NI Peimin’s book Confucius: The Man and the Way of Gongfu (Ni 2016) is remarkable not only because it is lucidly written and rich in information but also, more importantly, because it launches a major shift in interpreting Confucius. In his reading, Confucius’ teachings are more about how to lead lives artistically than about moral conduct. We may call Ni’s shift the “aesthetic turn” in interpreting Confucius. This work deserves serious attention and careful treatments by pertinent scholarly communities. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1051482020-10-08T06:36:17Z Interpreting Confucius : the aesthetic turn and its challenges Li, Chenyang School of Humanities Confucius Aesthetic DRNTU::Humanities::Philosophy NI Peimin’s book Confucius: The Man and the Way of Gongfu (Ni 2016) is remarkable not only because it is lucidly written and rich in information but also, more importantly, because it launches a major shift in interpreting Confucius. In his reading, Confucius’ teachings are more about how to lead lives artistically than about moral conduct. We may call Ni’s shift the “aesthetic turn” in interpreting Confucius. This work deserves serious attention and careful treatments by pertinent scholarly communities. MOE (Min. of Education, S’pore) Accepted version 2019-06-11T04:14:32Z 2019-12-06T21:46:32Z 2019-06-11T04:14:32Z 2019-12-06T21:46:32Z 2018 Journal Article Li, C. (2018). Interpreting Confucius : the aesthetic turn and its challenges. Dao, 17(2), 247-255. doi:10.1007/s11712-018-9604-z 1540-3009 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105148 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48627 10.1007/s11712-018-9604-z en Dao © 2018 Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature. All rights reserved. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Dao. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11712-018-9604-z 16 p. application/pdf |
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