Mengzi Mencius (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Thus. Clean, crisp, bright pages; no owners' marks; hard cover has a small pressure mark at the center front, and cover and jacket both show shallow crimping at spine ends; jacket also bears a very small, closed surface tear at the lower right rear; otherwise very well-kept. xxiv, 288pp. Unclipped jacket is now protected in a clear sleeve.…

Couverture souple. Condition: Comme neuf. Edition originale. Paris 2003. 1 Volume/1. -- Comme Neuf -- Broché . Format 21 x 14 cm . ------- 212 pages. ********************** "" Connaît-on encore aujourd'hui Mencius (372-289 av. J.-C.), laissé dans l'ombre de la vénération qui entoure Confucius? Le grand public francophone à la différence de l'anglophone, a quelque excuse à l'ignorer puisque la plus récente et peu accessible traduction française du livre de Mencius date de plus d'un siècle. Elle se conformait, comme il se doit à l'interprétation, alors orthodoxe, de Zhu Xi (1131-1200). Si excellente soit-elle, n'est-ce pas une double raison d'avoir l'audace d'en offrir une nouvelle à un public plus large? Il y en a d'autres. Tout bien pesé, Mencius peut être considéré comme le Platon du Socrate chinois que fut Confucius aux yeux des défenseurs de la déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme. Mencius en est l'une des sources lointaines, ce qui n'est pas rien. S'il s'adresse aux princes, c'est en pensant aux gens du commun. Il le dit en formules sans ambiguïté : « Le peuple est le plus précieux ; viennent après les autels de la patrie ; le souverain passe en dernier. C'est pourquoi le Fils du Ciel tient sa position du petit peuple, les grands vassaux, la leur du Fils du Ciel, et les grands officiers tiennent la leur des grands vassaux. "" ************************* ref fav-1391-aa.…

Condition: Good. 27.2x16.5cm. An exceptionally rare Chinese two-tier woodblock edition(兩截版) of the Mengzi, comprising vol 4-7 of the main text in the lower register and the complete commentary Mengzi Biaolun Zhuojie compiled by Zhu Xiao Huanzhai of Shangyuan in the upper register. The volume is preserved in a custom-made Western-style case, the spine titled in French "Philosophe Chinois." Additional contemporary French annotations appear on a paper slip affixed to the front wrapper and on the inner lining of the case. These features strongly suggest that the book was brought to France by missionaries in the 18th century and studied in a European scholarly context. The two-tier layout (兩截版, literally "two-register block") is produced by dividing a single woodblock horizontally into upper and lower registers: the lower section carries the main classical text, while the upper section provides explanatory commentary, allusions, and didactic notes intended to aid comprehension. Such a layout can also be found in vernacular fiction and drama. This copy therefore represents a particularly rare specimen of a Chinese two-tier woodblock classical edition. The presence of contemporary French annotations and European housing further makes it an excellent example of a Chinese book transmitted and studied overseas in the early modern period. Minor loss affecting characters at the upper left corner of the first leaf; verso also torn but without loss of text. Front wrapper with a small tear.…

[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. . *. …