Comments on: Zhu Xi on liberal education http://www.froginawell.net/china/2009/04/zhu-xi-on-liberal-education/ The China History Group Blog Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:31:02 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tuesday (4/7) Plan | Chinese History http://www.froginawell.net/china/2009/04/zhu-xi-on-liberal-education/comment-page-1/#comment-150359 Tuesday (4/7) Plan | Chinese History Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:23:11 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/?p=313#comment-150359 [...] letting slide a bit in class — as well as neo-Confucianism (see also Alan Baumler’s comment on Zhu Xi), and I will answer any questions you have about the essay assignments due next Thursday (4/9). [...] [...] letting slide a bit in class — as well as neo-Confucianism (see also Alan Baumler’s comment on Zhu Xi), and I will answer any questions you have about the essay assignments due next Thursday (4/9). [...]

]]> By: Brian Vivier http://www.froginawell.net/china/2009/04/zhu-xi-on-liberal-education/comment-page-1/#comment-150303 Brian Vivier Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:40:07 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/?p=313#comment-150303 _Learning to Be a Sage_ is terrific, but if you were teaching Zhu Xi in depth, you might also look at Daniel Gardner's more recent book, _Zhu Xi's Reading of the Analects: Canon, Commentary and the Classical Tradition_. It does a great job of showing how Zhu Xi used commentaries to establish his ideas. _Learning to Be a Sage_ doesn't really deal with that, but it could be important for teaching the ways in which Zhu Xi's ideas transformed readings of the classics and influenced later imperial history. _Learning to Be a Sage_ is terrific, but if you were teaching Zhu Xi in depth, you might also look at Daniel Gardner’s more recent book, _Zhu Xi’s Reading of the Analects: Canon, Commentary and the Classical Tradition_. It does a great job of showing how Zhu Xi used commentaries to establish his ideas. _Learning to Be a Sage_ doesn’t really deal with that, but it could be important for teaching the ways in which Zhu Xi’s ideas transformed readings of the classics and influenced later imperial history.

]]> By: Jonathan Dresner http://www.froginawell.net/china/2009/04/zhu-xi-on-liberal-education/comment-page-1/#comment-149634 Jonathan Dresner Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:02:28 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/?p=313#comment-149634 At the very least, it sounds like it would be good for <i>my</i> understanding of Zhu Xi, et al. I'll have to look at it soon. At the very least, it sounds like it would be good for my understanding of Zhu Xi, et al. I’ll have to look at it soon.

]]> By: Alan Baumler http://www.froginawell.net/china/2009/04/zhu-xi-on-liberal-education/comment-page-1/#comment-149624 Alan Baumler Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:33:46 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/?p=313#comment-149624 Jonathan, Yes, I think you could put together some nice snippets from the Gardner book to use in class. The whole book would be a bit much for most classes I could think of, but students might relate well to some of the stuff on teaching and learning. If the aphoristic nature of the text left them with only bits and pieces of knowledge about Zhu rather than a full and deep understanding of Zhu's brand of Neo-Confucianism, well, its better than nothing. Jonathan,

Yes, I think you could put together some nice snippets from the Gardner book to use in class. The whole book would be a bit much for most classes I could think of, but students might relate well to some of the stuff on teaching and learning. If the aphoristic nature of the text left them with only bits and pieces of knowledge about Zhu rather than a full and deep understanding of Zhu’s brand of Neo-Confucianism, well, its better than nothing.

]]> By: Jonathan Dresner http://www.froginawell.net/china/2009/04/zhu-xi-on-liberal-education/comment-page-1/#comment-149620 Jonathan Dresner Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:47:37 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/?p=313#comment-149620 Would this be, in this vein, a good text for students? It sounds like it. I always feel like I'm giving neo-Confucianism short shrift (in fact, I'm doing that next week), but it's hard to balance the intellectual against all the other stuff that's going on. Would this be, in this vein, a good text for students? It sounds like it. I always feel like I’m giving neo-Confucianism short shrift (in fact, I’m doing that next week), but it’s hard to balance the intellectual against all the other stuff that’s going on.

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