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Itô Jinsai's Gomô Jigi and the Philosophical Definition of Early Modern Japan
Contributor(s): Tucker, John Allen (Author)

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 ISBN: 9004109927     ISBN-13: 9789004109926
Publisher: Brill
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Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: May 1998
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Annotation: This volume presents the first unabridged translation of Itt' Jinsai's (1627-1705) masterwork, the "Gomt jigi (Philosophical Lexicography of the "Analects and "Mencius, 1705), into any western language.
The extensively annotated translation opens with a brief textual study of the "Gomt jigi and an intellectual biography of Jinsai. While highlighting the Neo-Confucian text, the author suggests that the "Gomt jigi espouses a systematic philosophical worldview for "chtnin, or townspeople, living in the ancient imperial capital, Kyoto, even during an age of ascendant samurai power.
The translation makes accessible to Western readers "one of the earliest texts of Tokugawa philosophy. Those interested in Chinese and East Asian philosopy will find it enlightening since the topics that Jinsai addresses are also "seminal ones in those fields.

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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Eastern
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- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General
Dewey: 181.12
LCCN: 98015231
Series: Brill's Japanese Studies Library
Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.42" W x 9.72" L (1.53 lbs) 282 pages
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
 
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This volume presents the first unabridged translation of It ' Jinsai's (1627-1705) masterwork, the Gom jigi (Philosophical Lexicography of the Analects and Mencius, 1705), into any western language.
The extensively annotated translation opens with a brief textual study of the Gom jigi and an intellectual biography of Jinsai. While highlighting the Neo-Confucian text, the author suggests that the Gom jigi espouses a systematic philosophical worldview for ch nin, or townspeople, living in the ancient imperial capital, Kyoto, even during an age of ascendant samurai power.
The translation makes accessible to Western readers one of the earliest texts of Tokugawa philosophy. Those interested in Chinese and East Asian philosophy will find it enlightening since the topics that Jinsai addresses are also seminal ones in those fields.
 
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