20,859円 Though a minority religion in Vietnam, Christianity has been a significant presence in the country since its arrival in the sixteenth-century. Anh Q. Tran offers the first English translation of the recently discovered 1752 manuscript Tam Giáo Chu Vong (The Errors of the Three Religions). Structu...

18,745円 In traditional China, a funeral and the accompanying death rituals represented a critical moment for the immediate family of the deceased to show their filial piety, a core value of the society. At the same time, death rituals were social occasions, and channels for the outward demonstration of b...

1,159円 This book surveys the rich religious and spiritual tapestry that is contemporary Korea. We begin with the earliest of Korean faithsーthe shamanism that prehistoric Koreans brought with them as they migrated to the peninsula from Central Asiaーand continue on to today's most prominent faiths: Budd...

6,621円 No book has addressed the simultaneous phenomena of Korea’s rapid economic development and its vibrant democratization in a single coherent paradigm. The late developmentalist approach emphasizes the strong role of Korea’s state and bureaucratic efficiency but does not explain how political devel...

5,295円 Four Testaments brings together four foundational texts from world religionsーthe Tao Te Ching, Dhammapada, Analects of Confucius, and Bhagavad Gitaーinviting readers to experience them in full, to explore possible points of connection and divergence, and to better understand people who practice ...

562円 Over two thousand years ago, the Chinese sage Confucius proposed that “learning, and putting persistent learning into practice, is a great joy or pleasure.” In Learning of the Way (Daoxue), Dr. John E. Young presents, from a Confucian perspective, the rationale for engaging in traditional Chinese...

1,144円 Publication Date: July 2006 The Confucian civilization is thoroughly examined and explained in this volume, historically, philosophically and psychologically, by its two most prominant examples (Chinese and Japanese cultures), after a multi-year research effort, with ground breaking findings and ...

794円 Ru Meditation: Gao Panlong(1562-1626 C.E) is an annotated translation of the major works of Gao Panlong on Ruist (Confucian) quiet-sitting. Its major themes include poetic descriptions of the meditative experience, practical guidelines, philosophical reflections, and biographical accounts. The tr...

5,355円 This volume presents the first English translation of the Confucian classics, Four Books for Women, with extensive commentary by the compiler, Wang Xiang, and introductions and annotations by translator Ann A. Pang-White. Written by women for women's education, the Confucian Four Books for Women ...

300円 Si diceva una volta – ai tempi in cui dominava l’eurocentrismo – che la Cina non aveva e non ha mai avuto una filosofia. Oggi le cose sono cambiate. Il mondo è più vasto dei confini dell’Europa e ormai ben pochi osano affermare ciò. È un fatto che da sempre il ceto dirigente della cultura e della...

602円 Traduits par Séraphin Couvreur au XIXe siècle, les Quatre Livres de Confucius (La Grande Étude, L'invariable Milieu, les Entretiens et les oeuvres de Meng Tzeu) restent une référence en matière de sagesse et de méditation. Ils sont aussi un exemple à suivre pour celles et ceux qui désirent obteni...

602円 Tsze-hsia said, 'If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if, in his intercourse with his friends, his words are si...