Dao Companion to the Analects

"Olberding, a professor of philosophy at the University of Oklahoma, assembles fifteen contributions by eighteen esteemed scholars from the field of Confucian studies. ... The many perspectives taken in this edited volume ultimately create a vivid mosaic of the book, its context, and contents; an erudite and copious portrayal of a foundational Confucian text that will be much appreciated by the specialist and nonspecialist alike. This is a highly recommended reading for any serious student of Confucian studies." (Lukas Pokorny, Religious Studies Review, Vol. 42 (3), September, 2016) "This anthology of essays is volume 4 in the series 'Dao Companions to Chinese Philosophy'. It includes an Introduction, 16 essays, an Index of names and subjects, and an Index Locorum of passages from the Analects and the Mencius. ... There are many very fine essays in this anthology, and anyone seriously interested in the Analects should consult this volume." (Bryan Van Norden, Dao, Vol. 13, 2014)

• 1. Introduction, Amy Olberding.- Part I Text and Context.- 2. History and Formation of the Analects, Tae Hyun Kim and Mark Csikszentmihalyi.- 3. The Commentarial Tradition, John B. Henderson and On-Cho Ng.- 4. Confucius and His Communit, Yuet Keung Lo.- Part II The Conceptual Landscape.- 5. Ren 仁: An Exemplary Life, Karyn Lai.- 6. Ritual and Rightness in the Analect,Hagop Sarkissian.- 7. Family Reverence (xiao 孝) in the Analects:Confucian Role Ethics and the Dynamics of Intergenerational Transmission, Roger T. Ames and Henry Rosemont Jr..- 8. Language and Ethics in the Analects, Hui Chieh Loy.- 9. Uprightness, Indirection, Transparency, Lisa Raphals.- 10. Cultivating the Self in Concert with Others, David B. Wong.- 11. Perspectives on Moral Failure in the Analects, Amy Olberding.- Part III Mapping the Landscape: Issues in Interpretation.- 12. The Analects and Moral Theory, Stephen C. Angle.- 13. Religious Thought and Practice in the Analects, Erin M. Cline.- 14. The Analects and Forms of Governance, Tongdong Bai.- 15. Why Care? A Feminist Re-appropriation of Confucian Xiao 孝, Li-Hsiang Lisa Rosenlee.- 16. Balancing Conservatism and Innovation: The Pragmatic Analects,Sor-hoon Tan.- Indexm.- Index Locorum.