Daniel K. Gardner is Associate Professor of History at Smith College and author of Chu Hsi and the Ta-hsueh: Neo-Confucian Reflection on the Confucian Canon (1986).

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsPrefacePart One: IntroductionA Brief Biography of Chu HsiChu Hsi and the Crisis of the Way in the Twelfth CenturyRestoring the Way: Chu Hsi's Educational ActivitiesChu Hsi's Program of Learning for Followers of the WayChu Hsi and the Transformation of the Confucian TraditionPart Two: Selections from the Conversations of Master Chu,Arranged Topically-The Chapters on LearningNote on Text and Translation1. Lesser Learning (Chapter 7)2. The Method of Learning, General Discussion (Chapter 8)3· A Discussion of Knowledge and Action (Chapter 8)4· On Reading, Part 1 (Chapter 10)5· On Reading, Part 2 (Chapter 11)6. Holding On to It (Chapter 12)7· Energetically Putting It into Practice (Chapter 13)GlossaryList of Works CitedIndex

Daniel K. Gardner is Associate Professor of History at Smith College and author of Chu Hsi and the Ta-hsueh: Neo-Confucian Reflection on the Confucian Canon (1986).

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsPrefacePart One: IntroductionA Brief Biography of Chu HsiChu Hsi and the Crisis of the Way in the Twelfth CenturyRestoring the Way: Chu Hsi's Educational ActivitiesChu Hsi's Program of Learning for Followers of the WayChu Hsi and the Transformation of the Confucian TraditionPart Two: Selections from the Conversations of Master Chu,Arranged Topically-The Chapters on LearningNote on Text and Translation1. Lesser Learning (Chapter 7)2. The Method of Learning, General Discussion (Chapter 8)3· A Discussion of Knowledge and Action (Chapter 8)4· On Reading, Part 1 (Chapter 10)5· On Reading, Part 2 (Chapter 11)6. Holding On to It (Chapter 12)7· Energetically Putting It into Practice (Chapter 13)GlossaryList of Works CitedIndex

Daniel K. Gardner is Associate Professor of History at Smith College and author of Chu Hsi and the Ta-hsueh: Neo-Confucian Reflection on the Confucian Canon (1986).

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsPrefacePart One: IntroductionA Brief Biography of Chu HsiChu Hsi and the Crisis of the Way in the Twelfth CenturyRestoring the Way: Chu Hsi's Educational ActivitiesChu Hsi's Program of Learning for Followers of the WayChu Hsi and the Transformation of the Confucian TraditionPart Two: Selections from the Conversations of Master Chu,Arranged Topically-The Chapters on LearningNote on Text and Translation1. Lesser Learning (Chapter 7)2. The Method of Learning, General Discussion (Chapter 8)3· A Discussion of Knowledge and Action (Chapter 8)4· On Reading, Part 1 (Chapter 10)5· On Reading, Part 2 (Chapter 11)6. Holding On to It (Chapter 12)7· Energetically Putting It into Practice (Chapter 13)GlossaryList of Works CitedIndex