Transition to Neo–Confucianism – Shao Yung on Knowledge and Symbols of Reality

Transition to Neo-ConfucianismShao Yung on Knowledge and Symbols of Reality\nAuthor(s): Anne D. Birdwhistell\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford University Press\nISBN-13: 9780804715508, 978-0804715508\nSynopsis\nThe Sung Neo-Confucian synthesis is one of the two great formative periods in the history of Confucianism. Shao Yung [tel] was a key contributor to this synthesis, and this study attempts to make understandable the complex and highly theoretical thought of a philosopher who has been, for the most part, misunderstood for a thousand years. It is the first full-length study in any language of Shao Yung's philosophy.\n\n Using an explicit metaphilosophical approach, the author examines the implicit and assumed aspects of Shao Yung's thought and shows how it makes sense to view his philosophy as an explanatory theory. Shao Yung explained all kinds of change and activity in the universe with six fundamental concepts that he app.