Title Material virtue : ethics and the body in early China / by Mark Csikszentmihalyi.

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Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.

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Description	1 online resource (vi, 402 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Sinica Leidensia, 0169-9563 ; v. 66
	Sinica Leidensia ; v. 66. 0169-9563
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-389) and index.
Contents	Ch. 1: Background of the Ru virtue discourse -- Ch. 2: Moral psychology of the Wuxing -- Ch. 3: Moral psychology and human physiology in the Mengzi -- Ch. 4: The sage's transcendent body -- Ch. 5: Material virtue in the early empire -- App. 1: The reconstructed Zisi -- App. 2: The Guodian Wuxing -- App. 3: The Mawangdui Wuxing and commentary.
Summary	An examination of both excavated and transmitted texts that link ethics and natural philosophy, Material Virtue narrates the history of a neglected tradition that argues virtue has physical presence in the body, and rewrites the formative period of Confucianism.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language	Includes the Guodian and Mawangdui versions of the Wuxing in Chinese with English translation.
Subject	Wuxing.
	Wuxing.
	Wuxing.
	Wuxing.
	Ethics -- China.
	Ethics.
	China.
	Virtue.
	Virtue.
	Human body -- Moral and ethical aspects.
	Human body -- Moral and ethical aspects.
	Confucianism.
	Confucianism.
	China -- Social life and customs -- To 221 B.C.
	Manners and customs.
Chronological Term	To 221 B.C
	A.0400-a.0100
	To 221 B.C.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Title	Wuxing (Guodian version). English & Chinese.
	Wuxing (Mawangdui version). English & Chinese.
Other Form:	Print version: Csikszentmihalyi, Mark. Material virtue. Leiden : Brill, 2004 9004141960 9789004141 (OCoLC)57285752
ISBN	9781429452564 (electronic book)
	1429452560 (electronic book)
	9789004141964
	9004141960
	9781433706653 (electronic book)
	1433706652 (electronic book)
	904740677X (e-book)
	9789047406778 (e-book)
	9004141960

Title Material virtue : ethics and the body in early China / by Mark Csikszentmihalyi.

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