Sources of East Asian Tradition: Premodern Asia

Sources of East Asian Tradition: Premodern Asia
ISBN-10
0231143044
ISBN-13
9780231143042
Category
Social Science / Customs & Traditions
Pages
936
Language
English
Published
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Authors
William Theodore De Bary, Wm. Theodore De Bary

Description

In Sources of East Asian Tradition, Wm. Theodore de Bary offers a selection of essential readings from his immensely popular anthologies Sources of Chinese Tradition, Sources of Korean Tradition, and Sources of Japanese Tradition so readers can experience a concise but no less comprehensive portrait of the social, intellectual, and religious traditions of East Asia. Volume 1 samples writings from the earliest times to 1600, illuminating life in early China and the first imperial age, as well as the profound impact of Daoism, Buddhism, the Confucian revival, and Neo-Confucianism; the origins of Korean culture and political structures, up through the Choson dynasty; and major developments in early and medieval Japan. De Bary maintains his trademark balance of source materials, including seminal readings in the areas of history, society, politics, education, philosophy, and religion, thereby continuing his own tradition of providing an exceptional resource for teachers, scholars, students, and the general reader.

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