The Hsiao King Or Classic of Filial Piety

The Hsiao King Or Classic of Filial Piety
Author: James Legge
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2004-06-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781419266874

The disciple Zang said, 'I have heard your instructions on the affection of love, on respect and reverence, on giving repose to (the minds of) our parents, and on making our name famous; --I would venture to ask if (simple) obedience to the orders of one's father can be pronounced filial piety.' The Master replied, 'What words are these! what words are these!

Li Kung-lin's Classic of Filial Piety

Li Kung-lin's Classic of Filial Piety
Author: Richard M. Barnhart
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1993
Genre: Scrolls, Chinese
ISBN: 0870996797

The subject is a 15.5-foot handscroll painted by Li Kung-lin, the preeminent figure painter of 11th-century China, illustrating a work that dates to between 350 and 200 B.C.--a dialog between Confucius and a disciple on the meaning and application of filial piety in the affairs of the individual and of the state. Barnhart's (art history, Yale) elucidation is accompanied by contributed chapters on the calligraphy of the work and on the conservation and remounting of the scroll. Generously illustrated. 9.25x12.25" Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

An Asian Introduction to the New Testament

An Asian Introduction to the New Testament
Author: Johnson Thomaskutty
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Total Pages: 609
Release: 2022-01-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1506462693

As Asia is the cradle of many religions, the New Testament writings should be interpreted by accepting its pluriform religious and ideological aspects. The existence of multiple Christian denominations also demands balanced interpretation. This book demonstrates inclusive biblical claims within multireligious and multidenominational contexts.

Mothers and Sons in Chinese Buddhism

Mothers and Sons in Chinese Buddhism
Author: R. Alan Cole
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1998-07
Genre:
ISBN: 0804765103

Based on close readings of more than twenty Buddhist texts written in China from the 5th to the 13th century, this book demonstrates that Buddhist authors crafted new models for family reproduction based on a mother-son style of filial piety, in contrast to the traditional father-son model.--NAN NÜ

Sacred Books of the East

Sacred Books of the East
Author: F. Max Muller
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 706
Release: 2001-10-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9780700706006

This is a subset of the Sacred Books of the East Series which includes translations of all the most important works of the seven non-Christian religions which have exercised a profound influence on the civilizations of the continent of Asia. The works have been translated by leading authorities in their field.