Zhuzi: A Grand Biography

Author: Shu Jingnan
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Publish Date: 1992-10-20
Features: ★ Professor Shu Jingnan's decade-long research culminates in The Grand Biography of Zhu Xi, a particularly comprehensive biography of Zhu Xi. The Grand Biography of Zhu Xi by Shu Jingnan is recognized as a seminal work in the field. It adopts a cultural restoration research method, offering a fresh evaluation of Zhu Xi and his thought from the grand social background of the convergence of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism during the Southern Song Dynasty. First published in 1992, it won the China Book Award and received high praise from scholars such as Zhang Dainian, Deng Guangming, and Pan Fugen. Zhu Xi is a cultural giant of China, second only to Confucius, and there has been long-standing anticipation both domestically and internationally for a comprehensive cultural biography of him. This The Grand Biography of Zhu Xi is a and also the most comprehensive biography of Zhu Xi, crafted through the author's decade-long dedication. It is prefaced by Professor Zhang Dainian and Professor Chen Rongjie, who commend it as a significant new contribution to the study of Zhu Xi's thought and traditional Chinese culture. The book is grand in scope and profound in historical insight, employing a cultural restoration research method to explore Zhu Xi's life and intellectual development from multiple perspectives, thereby revealing a landscape of traditional Chinese culture. The author has mastered a vast amount of new materials, with over a thousand ancient texts cited throughout the work, making numerous original discoveries and correcting various popular misconceptions.