To explore the historical connections between Confucianism and Chinese society, this book examines the social and cultural processes through which Confucian tex
Compiled by the great Neo-Confucian philosopher Chu Hsi (1130-1200), the Family Rituals is a manual for the private performance of the standard Chinese family r
Few if any philosophical schools have championed family values as persistently as the early Confucians, and a great deal can be learned by attending to what the