HUI TU SI SHU BIAN MENG KE BEN "DA XUE" QUAN CE: THE FOUR BOOKS, ILLUSTRATED, TH

MENGZI. [MENCIUS.]

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[Shanghai Guang Xu 31-33=1895-7, Nanyang Guan Shuju.]Various color stiff stitched wrappers, 16 volume set, illustrated, 15.3 x 26 cm., very clean, solid, contents likewise, minor bit of cover fading, dates 1894-1897. * RARE EARLY EDITION * . *** **** *** . . THE WRITINGS OF "MASTER MENGZI" [MENCIUS] . . . . CONSISTING OF THE "FOUR BOOKS": . . DOCTRINE OF THE MEAN, GREAT LEARNING [DA XUE], . . MENGZI & THE ANALECTS . . * The Four Books are comprised of the Doctrine of the Mean, the Great Learning, Mengzi, and the Analects. From the Han to the early Song periods. . * This set of four books, GREAT LEARNING [DA XUE], MENCIUS, DOCTRINE OF THE MEAN & THE ANALECTS are the foundation of Chinese philosophy, social order and a national moral compass. . This set of 16 volumes were published by Nanyang Official Bookstore, Shanghai from the years Guang Xu 31-33 [1895-97]. . *** MENGZI: [MENCIUS] This is a collection of conversations, anecdotes, and series of genuine and imagined interviews by the Confucian philosopher, Mencius. The book is one of the Chinese Thirteen Classics, and explores Mencius' views on the topics of moral and political philosophy, often as a dialogue with the ideas presented by Confucianism. . The interviews and conversations are depicted as being either between Mencius and the various rulers of the Warring States period, or with his students and other contemporaries. The book documents Mencius' travel across the states, and his philosophical conversations and debates with those he meets on his journey. A number of scholars suggest that the text was not written by Mencius himself, but rather by his disciples. The text is believed to have been written during the late 4th century BC. . The creation of the Mencius, serves as a further elaboration on the Confucian school of thought called 'subjective idealism.' Through this work, Mencius developed the theory of natural goodness (xingshan), that confers that all people have an intrinsic cardinal virtues, and that these virtues are developed in the same way that knowledge is cultivated. . The Mencius came to be regarded as one of the most important texts that explores the philosophy of Confucianism. Mainly, due to its philosophical dialogue with the Analects of Confucius. Despite this noted importance, the Mencius was not canonized as one of the Chinese Classics until over 1,000 years later during the Song-dynasty. . There exists four virtues of morality that makes up one's "sprouts" (duan): "humanity" (rén) "appropriateness" (yì) "ritual propriety" (li) "wisdom" (zhì) . Extracted from Wikipedia below. . PAGINATION OF THE 16 VOLUME SET: Printed on double-folded leaves, in typical traditional Chinese style stitched bindings: . volume #, pages: 1. 23 2. 31 3. 32-53 4. 1-7,9,10 5. 1-7,9,10 6. 11,7,9,9 7. 12,12,11 8. 15,12,8 9. 11,6,9,4 10. 21,26 11. 22,19 12. 21,21 13. 23,24 14. 21,20 15. 24,24 16. 30,26 *** Color photos are posted to our website. . CONDITION: . Complete set of 16 consecutively numbered volumes. . The book is in the original publisher's stiff multi-colored stiff wrappers & stitched spines. There are some old mends and reinforcements here and there. The paper as usual due to age are 'toned' but intact, better than the usual book over 125 years old. . *** REFERENCE: . en-wikipedia-org/wiki/Mencius_(book) * Legge, James (1895). The Works of Mencius * Lyall, Leonard A. (1932). Mencius. . *. Seller Inventory # 39025001

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