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Reflections on things at hand: the neo-Confucian anthology

Zuqian Lü, Xi Zhu and Wing-tsit Chan

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Frontmatter
FOREWORD, by Wm. Theodore de Bary (page vii)
PREFACE (page ix)
TRANSLATOR'S NOTE (page xi)
ABBREVIATIONS (page xiv)
Introduction (page xvii)
Reflections on Things at Hand
- PREFACE BY CHU HSI (page 1)
- PREFACE BY LÜ TSU‐CH'IEN (page 3)
- I. ON THE SUBSTANCE OF THE WAY (page 5)
- II. THE ESSENTIALS OF LEARNING (page 35)
- III. THE INVESTIGATION OF THINGS AND THE INVESTIGATION OF PRINCIPLE TO THE UTMOST (page 88)
- IV. PRESERVING ONE'S MIND AND NOURISHING ONE'S NATURE (page 123)
- V. CORRECTING MISTAKES, IMPROVING ONESELF, SELF‐DISCIPLINE, AND RETURNING TO PROPRIETY (page 154)
- VI. THE WAY TO REGULATE THE FAMILY (page 171)
- VII. ON SERVING OR NOT SERVING IN THE GOVERNMENT, ADVANCING OR WITHDRAWING, AND ACCEPTING OR DECLINING OFFICE (page 183)
- VIII. ON THE PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNING THE STATE AND BRINGING PEACE TO THE WORLD (page 202)
- IX. SYSTEMS AND INSTITUTIONS (page 218)
- X. METHODS OF HANDLING AFFAIRS (page 238)
- XI. THE WAY TO TEACH (page 260)
- XII. CORRECTING MISTAKES AND THE DEFECTS OF THE HUMAN MIND (page 268)
- XIII. SIFTING THE HETERODOXICAL DOCTRINES (page 279)
- XIV. ON THE DISPOSITIONS OF SAGES AND WORTHIES (page 289)
SOURCES OF SELECTIONS IN THE Chin‐ssu lu (page 309)
ON THE Chin‐ssu lu AND ITS COMMENTARIES (page 323)
ON TRANSLATING CERTAIN CHINESE PHILOSOPHICAL TERMS (page 359)
BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 371)
GLOSSARY (page 391)
INDEX (page 417)

Reviews
Journal Abbreviation	Label	URL
JAOS	89.1 (Jan. - Mar. 1969): 228-231	http://www.jstor.org/stable/598322
JAS	29.4 (Aug. 1968): 868-869	http://www.jstor.org/stable/2051588
PEW	20.4 (Oct. 1970): 423-427	http://www.jstor.org/stable/1397826
JAAR	38.2 (Jun. 1970): 183-186	http://www.jstor.org/stable/1461176
TP	57.1/4 (1971): 193-196	http://www.jstor.org/stable/4527854

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Published: 1967

Publisher: Columbia University Press

ISBN(s)

9780231028196 (hardcover)

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Subject

Asian: China and Inner Asia