1600s Japanese Woodblock Shikyo Shitchu ZHU XI Chinese Poetry Philosophy 7v

1600s Japanese Woodblock Shikyo Shitchu ZHU XI Chinese Poetry Philosophy 7v 

Translated from Chinese into Japanese this rare collection of notes and commentary on  Chinese poetry by the famous philosopher Zhu Xi is highly desirable.

Zhu Xi (1130 – 1200), was a Chinese philosopher, politician, and writer of the Song dynasty. He was a Confucian scholar who was the leading figure of the School of Principle and the most influential rationalist Neo-Confucian in China. His contributions to Chinese philosophy including his assigning special significance to the Analects, the Mencius, the Great Learning, and the Doctrine of the Mean (the Four Books), his emphasis on the investigation of things, and the synthesis of all fundamental Confucian concepts, formed the basis of Chinese bureaucracy and government for over 700 years.

“The second most influential thinker in Chinese history, after Confucius himself.” (Slingerland)

Item number: #5700

Price: $599

XI, Zhu [朱熹]

MATSUNAGA, Akiraeki [松永昌易] (Transl.)

Shikyō Shitchū

诗経集注. 巻之1-8 / 朱熹集伝; 寸云子昌易 [评注]

Ikubundō, [circa 1650]

[出版地不明]: 郁文堂, [出版年不明]

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 7 volumes
• References: Confucius; Slingerland, Edward, p. 148.
• Language: Japanese
• Binding: Softcover; tight & secure
• Size: ~10.25in X 7.25in (26cm x 18.5cm)

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