To Rebuild the Empire

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To Rebuild the Empire
Lu Chih's Confucian Pragmatist Approach to the Mid-T'ang Predicament

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Josephine Chiu-Duke - Author

SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture

Price: $95.00
Hardcover - 324 pages

Release Date: March 2000

ISBN10: 0-7914-4501-1
ISBN13: 978-0-7914-4501-3

Price: $33.95
Paperback - 324 pages

Release Date: March 2000

ISBN10: 0-7914-4502-X
ISBN13: 978-0-7914-4502-0

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Summary

Provides both a biography of the pivotal T'ang Dynasty figure Lu Chih and an intellectual history of his era, which is instrumental in the revival and transformation of Confucianism.

To Rebuild the Empire provides the first complete critical study in any language of Lu Chih (Lu Hsuan-kung, 754-805), one of traditional China's most important prime ministers and a pivitol figure in T'ang dynasty China's struggle for survival toward the end of the eighth century. The work also provides an intellectual history of an era, beginning about the middle of the T'ang Dynasty (618-907), that was influential in the revival and transformation of Confucianism. Josephine Chiu-Duke reconstructs and examines both Lu Chih's intellectual commitments, as shown in his efforts to rebuild the T'ang empire, and his significance for the Confucian tradition.

This book is important for its assertion of the need to look at the political dimension of the mid-T'ang Confucian revival; its presentation of a more subtle and nuanced understanding of the reconciliation of Confucian commitments and practical considerations; and its discriminating employment of more accurate concepts that help move the field of T'ang intellectual history beyond the usual moralist/pragmatist dichotomy. The work represents a welcome advance over the existing literature in any language.

"This thoroughly researched book makes an important contribution to our understanding of the politics of the late eighth century T'ang court, providing new details on the family background and life of the elusive minister and imperial adviser Lu Chih, and his relationship with his imperial master Te-tsung." -- Denis Twitchett, Professor Emeritus, Princeton University

Josephine Chiu-Duke is Senior Instructor, Asian Studies Department, University of British Columbia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Map

Introduction

1 · A Bureaucratized Aristocratic Lineage

2 · Into the Limelight

3 · Untimely Exit

4 · A Confucian Pragmatist Approach

5 · Road to Reform

6 · A Lone Pursuit

7 · Mid-T'ang Comparisons

8 · Significance in the Mid-T'ang Confucian Revival

Epilogue

Appendix 1: A Note on Sources

Appendix 2: Lu Chih's Works Cited in the Text

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Related Subjects

Asian Studies
History
Religion

36083/36084(NE/DG/)

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