Interpretation and Reconstruction -- The Philosophical Spirit of Wang Chishan

Author: Chen Lai
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: This book takes "Classics and Interpretation" as its research approach, focusing on Chen Shans philosophical interpretation of the "Four Books" and his critical inheritance of the traditional interpretation of the "Four Books" in the Song and Ming Neo-Confucianism. It highlights the moral theory, theory of mind and nature, theory of self-cultivation, and hermeneutics, attempting to present the significance of Confucian and Neo-Confucian thought in this part of Chen Shans philosophy. It also clarifies the connection between his thought and the Song and Ming Neo-Confucian movement.