Principle and Practicality : Essays in Neo-Confucianism and Practical Learning

Bok av Wm Theodore De Bary
These essays explore the continuities and discontinuities between the Neo-Confucian thought of Ming China and early Tokugawa Japan and the practical learning of the 17th and 18th centuries, underlining the need for a deeper examination of the complex relationship between traditional and modern thoughts and values.