Self-Cultivation in Early China - Fischer, Paul
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An introduction to ancient Chinese ideas on how to live a good life. Self-Cultivation in Early China is an introduction to multiple aspects of the foundational practice of self-cultivation in early China (c.1000 to 100 BCE). Drawing on the Chinese classics and the dozens of scholars' texts (both received and excavated) that together form the basis of intellectual history for China and all of East Asia, the book's analysis relies on the topics and categories that were central to the thought of these authors, including such well-known thinkers as Confucius and Laozi. This book describes a…mehr

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An introduction to ancient Chinese ideas on how to live a good life. Self-Cultivation in Early China is an introduction to multiple aspects of the foundational practice of self-cultivation in early China (c.1000 to 100 BCE). Drawing on the Chinese classics and the dozens of scholars' texts (both received and excavated) that together form the basis of intellectual history for China and all of East Asia, the book's analysis relies on the topics and categories that were central to the thought of these authors, including such well-known thinkers as Confucius and Laozi. This book describes a salient point of view from which we may consider the broader landscape of Chinese intellectual history and presents an important paradigm of the scholarly Chinese worldview that is ideal for comparison with paradigms in other communities, ancient or modern, across the globe.
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Paul Fischer is a Manxman by birth but an Oxfordshire man by adoption. The life of British luthier Paul Fischer spans the twentieth-century developments in modern and historic instrument making, from his early apprenticeship as a harpsichord maker to his establishment as a maker of classical guitars, lutes, vihuelas and citterns in Oxfordshire. His adventurous spirit led him to spend several years in the British Army-a radical contrast to his solitary life creating concert instruments that would give voice to many musicians of international standing. It has been a life lived to the full with a wide outreach of inspiration-both in giving and receiving. The immense success Paul Fischer has achieved in a remarkable career is, of course, not only due to his amazing gifts but also sheer hard work, his energy, combined with a passionate belief in what he wanted to create.