Reflections on Things at Hand, the Neo-Confucian anthology compiled by Zhu Xi and Lu Zuqian and translated into English by Wing-tsit Chan for Columbia University Press in 1967, is a scholarly translation of one of the founding compilations of Song dynasty Neo-Confucian thought. Its authority rests on Chan's standing as one of the most respected twentieth century translators of classical Chinese philosophy working at a major university press, and on the anthology's own historical importance as a text later Neo-Confucian scholars themselves treated as foundational. Its limit is that it is a translation of a systematizing anthology rather than a modern critical history of the movement, so a claim about how later thinkers actually used or diverged from these compiled teachings is better supported by a dedicated secondary study of Neo-Confucianism's later development.
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Reflections on Things at Hand, the Neo-Confucian anthology compiled by Zhu Xi and Lu Zuqian and translated by Wing-tsit Chan for Columbia University Press in 1967, the top tier reflecting Chan's standing as one of the most respected twentieth century translators of classical Chinese philosophy at a major university press, notwithstanding that it is a translation of a systematizing anthology rather than a modern critical history of the movement's later development. NotesScholarly translation of the Neo-Confucian anthology compiled by Zhu Xi and Lu Zuqian.
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AuthorZhu Xi and Lu Zuqian, trans. Wing-tsit Chan
PublisherColumbia University Press
Publication Year1967
Source Typeprimary-text
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