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Shifting Contours of the Confucian Tradition

Shifting Contours of the Confucian Tradition FEATURE REVIEW The Shifting Contours of the Confucian Tradition Philip J. Ivanhoe Department of Philosophy, Boston University Imagining Boundaries: Changing Confucian Doctrines, Texts, and Hermeneutics. Edited by Kai-wing Chow, On-cho Ng, and John Henderson. Albany: State Univer- sity of New York Press, 1999. Pp. 269. Hardcover $74.50. Paper $25.95. Imagining Boundaries: Changing Confucian Doctrines, Texts, and Hermeneutics, edited by Kai-wing Chow, On-cho Ng, and John Henderson, is an anthology con- taining nine original essays plus an introductory chapter written by two of the three editors. The essays offer contemporary theoretical accounts of the practice of Con- fucian interpretation, examine traditional Chinese views on orthodoxy and heresy, and explore issues regarding syncretism and the struggle for self definition among a range of Confucian thinkers. The volume offers a rich resource for students of the Confucian tradition, and a number of the essays will be appreciated by anyone interested in the general or comparative study of traditions and their interpretation. I learned something important from every essay in this book, and each made me think about new issues in new ways. Some left me with questions as well as answers, which is often a mark of the best original scholarship. In http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Philosophy East and West University of Hawai'I Press

Shifting Contours of the Confucian Tradition

Ivanhoe, P. J.
Philosophy East and West , Volume 54 (1) – Dec 21, 2003
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FEATURE REVIEW The Shifting Contours of the Confucian Tradition Philip J. Ivanhoe Department of Philosophy, Boston University Imagining Boundaries: Changing Confucian Doctrines, Texts, and Hermeneutics. Edited by Kai-wing Chow, On-cho Ng, and John Henderson. Albany: State Univer- sity of New York Press, 1999. Pp. 269. Hardcover $74.50. Paper $25.95. Imagining Boundaries: Changing Confucian Doctrines, Texts, and Hermeneutics, edited by Kai-wing Chow, On-cho Ng, and John Henderson, is an anthology con- taining nine original essays plus an introductory chapter written by two of the three editors. The essays offer contemporary theoretical accounts of the practice of Con- fucian interpretation, examine traditional Chinese views on orthodoxy and heresy, and explore issues regarding syncretism and the struggle for self definition among a range of Confucian thinkers. The volume offers a rich resource for students of the Confucian tradition, and a number of the essays will be appreciated by anyone interested in the general or comparative study of traditions and their interpretation. I learned something important from every essay in this book, and each made me think about new issues in new ways. Some left me with questions as well as answers, which is often a mark of the best original scholarship. In

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