Description
Confucianism has been a foundational component of East Asian culture, religion, society, and government for millennia, and its visibility and significance have continued to expand in recent decades. Confucianism is often elusive, challenging categories and theoretical stances of the academy and yet simultaneously seeming to merge with a broader culture. Confucianism has spread with Chinese emigration; it has also spread through the interest of American and European academics who have identified with its scholarly and ethical commitments. While it was once declared a dying tradition, today knowledge of Confucianism is vital to understanding and engaging modern East and Southeast Asia.Comprised of thirty-eight original essays by experts from a wide range of disciplines, The Oxford Handbook of Confucianism covers the Confucian tradition chronologically, geographically, and topically through textured and innovative examinations of foundational subjects and emerging topics in Confucian studies. Confucianism in China is critically examined, from ancient legends through medieval and early modern China to contemporary manifestations. Essays also consider the tradition in the wider East Asian culture and beyond, notably in Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia, and the recently emerged "Boston Confucianism." A series of topical essays study Confucianism's always complicated integration with cultural, social, religious, and political forms, using a range of vantage points including gender, family, ethics, visual and literary arts, government, education, ritual, and modern culture.
Table of Contents
Preface, Jennifer Oldstone-MoorePart I: Introductory EssaysConfucianism and "Confucianism": Describing and Problematizing the Tradition, Jeffrey L. RicheyThe Construction of Confucianism in East Asia, Nicolas ZuffereyThe Construction of Confucianism in Europe and the Americas: Confucius and Confucian Sayings Across the Centuries, Lionel M JensenPart II: The Development of Confucianism in ChinaThe Confucian Legendary Past, Yuri PinesConfucius and the Zhou Dynasty, Scott Bradley CookThe Analects, Peimin NiMencius, Jim BehuniakXunzi: The Quintessential Confucian, Lee Dian RaineyThe Confucian Classics, Newell Ann Van AukenEarly Imperial Confucianism, Keith N. KnappThe Formation of Neo-Confucianism in the Song Dynasty, Tze-ki HonRe-forming Confucianism: Zhu Xi's Synthesis, Joseph A. AdlerLate Imperial Confucianism, Pauline C. LeeImperialism, Reform, and the End of Institutional Confucianism in the Late Qing, Kai-wing ChowConfucianism in Republican China, 1911-1949, Jennifer Oldstone-MooreConfucianism in the Taiwan, Republic of China, Chun-chieh HuangConfucianism in the People's Republic of China, Tongdong BaiImages of Confucius Through the Ages, Deborah SommerPart III: Confucianism Beyond ChinaConfucianism in Japan, Kiri ParamoreConfucianism in Japan: The Tokugawa Era, John A. TuckerConfucianism in Korea, Michael J. PettidConfucianism in Korea: Choson Dynasty, Youngmin Kim, Youngyeon KimConfucianism in Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia, Eddie C.Y. Kuo, Qingjuan SunConfucianism in Vietnam, John K. WhitmoreBoston Confucianism, Robert Cummings NevillePart IV: Topical Studies of ConfucianismConfucianism and Education, Linda WaltonConfucianism and the Family, Robert L. MooreConfucianism and Social Structure, Alan T. WoodConfucianism and the State, Sungmoon KimConfucianism and Gender, Sin Yee ChanConfucianism and the Lives of Women, Li-hsia Lisa RosenleeConfucianism and Literature, Michael A. Fuller, Martin W. HuangConfucianism and Visual Arts, Julia K. MurrayConfucianism and Modern Culture, Christian JochimConfucianism and Ritual, Hagop SarkissianConfucianism and Contemporary Ethics, Tim ConnollyConfucianism and Chinese Religion, Ronnie LittlejohnConfucianism as a Religion, Yong Chen
