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In the last decades of the 20th century, the revival of traditional Confucianism assumed increasing importance and relevance. The revitalization of its complex philosophical heritage thus became part of the most important theoretical... more
This is the Chinese translation of Yang Xiao 2006b Reading the Analects with Davidson - Mood, Force, and Communicative Practice in Early China.
A b s t r a c t. The paper discusses the realm of sacred in Confucius' Analects, on the basis of western sacred-profane dichotomy. It contains analysis of following concepts: heaven (tian), order of heaven (tianming), under heaven... more
In the last decades of the 20th century, the revival of traditional Confucianism assumed increasing importance and relevance. The revitalization of its complex philosophical heritage thus became part of the most important theoretical... more
В статье рассматривается вопрос происхождения и значения названия сборника изречений Конфуция – «Лунь юй». Автор производит краткий этимологический и текстологический анализ входящих в него иероглифов, а также приводит исторические... more
Survey course focusing on the major historical, political and social developments in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Australasia, from the Neolithic to the Reformation. This course incorporates multiple formative assessments to... more
In this paper, I compare all three editions of Bennett Reimer's A Philosophy of Music Education with early Chinese philosophy, in particular, classical Chinese aesthetics. I structure my analysis around a quartet of interrelated themes:... more
The Korean Airlines “nut rage incident” of December 2014 was for many Westerners another sensationalized glimpse into the social and cultural phenomenon that is one of the most rapidly modernizing nations and globally dominating... more
This thesis examines Chonjae 存齋 Wi Paekkyu 魏伯珪's interpretation of the Mengzi 孟子 (the book of Master Meng). Wi Paekkyu (1727-1798) lived during the reign of King Yŏngjo and King Jŏngjo, when several institutional reforms were carried out... more
Данная работа представляет собой размышление на тему, каким образом метод прояснения истины, выработанный в китайской классической философии начиная с Конфуция, способен помочь в освещении автономной в своей парадоксальности проблемы –... more
In this essay, I examine the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21) framework from a Confucian perspective. Given that this framework has attracted attention around the world, including Confucian-heritage societies, an analysis of how... more
Essai sur le propos bref dans la pensée chinoise (Confucius et Lao-tseu)
Short paper covering "The Analects of Confucius," which served as the final exam for HIST 311.
Agency and freedom express fundamental experiences that we have as humans in our conscious deeds and varied pursuits. The absence of terminological equivalents in premodern Chinese makes it challenging to explain Confucian views on these.... more
Dao de Jing, trans. Moss Roberts. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2019. Reading Religion (2020).
Confucianism has been notable for its preoccupation and firm belief in such as the perfectibility of Humanity (ren or jen 仁) and conforming to Righteousness (yi 義) and Propriety (li 禮) in order to achieve harmony in a social relation. The... more
Thierry Meynard S.J., The Jesuit Reading of Confucius, The First Complete Translation of the Lunyu (1687) Published in the West (Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2015), VIII + 675p; ISBN 978-90-04-28977-2 (hard book); ISBN 978-90-04-28978-9 (e-book).
The publication of the Confucius Sinarum Philosophus in Paris in 1687 represented the apex of the syncretic effort between Confucianism and Catholicism started by Matteo Ricci more than one century before. The present study draws... more
Is Confucian ethics primarily egoistic or altruistic? There is textual support for both answers. For the former, for example, Confucius claims that one learns for the sake of oneself; for the latter, we can find Confucius saying that one... more
The Analects reports Confucius describing ren differently to different students. This article presents an approach to reading ren through the lens of particularities of each student in relation to how they discuss ren with Confucius. It... more
Tratto dalla mia tesi magistrale "La Gaia Sapienza: Confucio di fronte alla Morte".
slides presented at Annual Symposium of ASJI (Indonesia Japanese Studies Association), at Airlangga University (November 28th, 2015)
Scholars of early Confucianism such as Roger Ames and Chad Hansen argue that the doctrine of the rectification of names (zhengming) ought to be understood not as involving a metaphysically robust conception of truth as regulating the... more
The Analects (Lunyu) have taken on a new meaning within popular Confucian educa-tive projects in contemporary China. Participants of the so-called “classics reading movement” (dujing yundong), which emerged in the 1990s, engage in reading... more
This paper looks at harmony in relation to the formation of a community, and how different cultures (Confucus and Paul) have different ways of expressing aesthetically the way to attain harmony.
The 'Analects' of Confucius is a classic of ancient Chinese moral philosophy, but they often puzzle readers trained in the Western tradition. Instead of systematic arguments and conceptual analyses, one finds anecdotes, remarks, and... more
The sentence 夷狄之有君,不如諸夏之亡也from the chapter Bayi八佾is one of the controversial sentences in the Analects for its possibility of being read as the exact opposite meanings: besides its literal and obvious meaning as 1. “The barbaric people... more
Thierry Meynard, The Jesuit Reading of Confucius: The First Complete Translation of the Lunyu (1687) Published in the West. Leiden: Brill, 2015. The Sixteenth Century Journal 48.3 (2017) 763–65.
This study aims to reevaluate the relation between Motoda Nagazane and Confucianism by analyzing Motoda Nagazane's lecture record to Meiji Emperor on Analect of Confucianism, know as Motoda Sensei Shinkouroku. Study on the relation... more