Confucius - Sharma, Kashi Ram

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Résumé :
Confucius (c. 551-479 bc), also known as Kong Fuzi, is regarded as one of the foundational figures in Chinese civilization. His ideas not only gained immense popularity in China but also had a profound influence on the world, and played a key role in shaping the intellectual climate of the eighteenth-century French Revolution and the Enlightenment. While Buddhism, brought to China by Indian scholars, became widely influential in the Chinese world and spread globally, Confucius's works remained largely unknown in the Indian subcontinent. Despite India being a melting pot of diverse cultures, there were hardly any Sanskrit, Pali, or Prakrit texts, or medieval Indian works, which refer?enced Confucius. It wasn't until the colonial and post-colonial periods that he was notably mentioned in Indian intellectual circles. Further?more, no direct translations of Confucius's works reached India during earlier periods. In this book, the author introduces Confucius and his teachings from an Indic perspective, offering a commentary on his key works: The Analects, The Great Learning, The Doctrine of the Mean, and the writ?ings of Mencius. This edition reinterprets certain terms in the English translations of these classical Chinese texts, providing fresh insights. This work is highly recommended for scholars, researchers, and enthusiasts interested in Confucius's philosophy, as well as for those studying classical Chinese, East Asian, and comparative studies....

Biographie:

• Foreword ix
• Preface xiii
• PART I
• 1. Who was Confucius and What is Confucianism? 3
• 2. Confucius: The Philosopher, the Teacher and the Sage 27
• 3. Four Books of Confucianism 33
• 4. Confucius's Analects 39
• 5. Confucius of Zhong Yong
• (The Doctrine of the Mean) 68
• 6. Two Seminal Events in the Life of Confucianism 92
• Notes (Part I: Chapters 1-6) 131
• PART II
• 1. Confucius: The Chinese Classics, Vol. 1: The Life
• and Teachings of Confucius (Analects, Great
• Learning, Doctrine of the Mean) 139
• 2. Mencius: The Chinese Classics, Vol. 2: The Life
• and Teachings of Mencius 277
• Suggested Readings on Confucius 475 About the Author 477