The religious ethic and mercantile spirit in early modern China /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yü, Ying-shi (Author)
Other Authors: Kwong, Charles Yim-tze, 1958- (Translator), Tillman, Hoyt Cleveland (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2021]
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Table of Contents
  • Editorial Note
  • Editor's Introduction
  • Author's Introduction
  • Part I: The Inner-Worldly Reorientation of Chinese Religions
  • 1. New Chan (Japanese pronunciation, Zen) Buddhism
  • 2. New Religious Daoism
  • Part II: New Developments in the Confucian Ethic
  • 3. The Rise of New Confucianism and the Influence of Chan Buddhism
  • 4. Establishing the "World of Heaven's Principles": The "Other World" of New Confucianism
  • 5. "Seriousness Pervading Activity and Tranquility": The Spiritual Temper of Inner-Worldly Engagement
  • 6. "Regarding the World as One's Responsibility": The Inner-Worldly Asceticism of New Confucianism
  • 7. Similarities and Differences Between Zhu Xi and Lu Xiangshan: The Social Significance of the Division in New Confucianism
  • Part III: The Spiritual Configuration of Chinese Merchants
  • 8. Ming and Qing Confucians' View of "Securing a Livelihood"
  • 9. A New Theory of the Four Categories of People: Changes in the Relationship Between Scholars and Merchants
  • 10. Merchants and Confucian Learning
  • 11. The Mercantile Ethic
  • 12. "The Way of Business"
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography