The lost texts of Confucius’ grandson : Guodian, Zisi, and beyond  The Lost Texts of Confucius’ Grandson : Guodian, Zisi, and Beyond 

• Product Details

  Product #

  2581130B

  Author(s)

  Huang, Kuan-yun

  City

  Hong Kong 

  Country

  China 

  Language

  English 

  ISBN

  9789882372863 

  Date of Publication

  2023 

  Publisher

  The Chinese university of Hong Kong  

  Cover Type

  Hard cover 

  Pages

  452 

  Subject

  Literature

  Subject

  Philosophy / Psychology

   

• Product Details in Original Language

  Author

  Huang, Kuan-yun

  Publisher

  The Chinese university of Hong Kong  

• Description

  The Lost Texts of Confucius’ Grandson : Guodian, Zisi, and Beyond The Guodian manuscripts are a cache of literary and philosophical texts from the fourth century BCE, discovered in a Warring States–period tomb in China’s Hubei Province. Through detailed decipherment and textual analysis, Kuan-yun Huang investigates the historical and philosophical contexts of these texts and convincingly proposes their association with Zisi, the grandson of Confucius. Huang not only offers an in-depth portrait of this famous scion from excavated texts and transmitted literary records, but also reveals the connection of the Guodian texts with early intellectual tradition in China, including the teachings of Xunzi, Mencius, Confucius, and the legendary Laozi, as well as the effort of rewriting that transformed Zisi’s original teachings into a conformist line of thinking, which defined and constituted the Confucian tradition of a later time.