The Analects is a compendium of the sayings of Confucius (551–479 b.c.e.), transcribed and passed down by his disciples. How it came to be transformed by Zhu Xi (1130–1200) into one of the most philosophically significant texts in the Confucian tradition is the subject of this book. Scholarly attention in China had long been devoted to the Analects. By the time of Zhu Xi, a rich history of commentary had grown up around it. But Zhu, claiming that the Analects was one of the authoritative texts in the canon and should be read before all others, gave it a still more privileged status in the tradition. He spent decades preparing an extended interlinear commentary on it. Sustained by a newer, more elaborate language of metaphysics, Zhu's commentary on the Analects marked a significant shift in the philosophical orientation of Confucianism―a shift that redefined the Confucian tradition for the next eight centuries, not only in China, but in Japan and Korea well. Gardner's translations and analysis of Zhu Xi's commentary on the Analects show one of China's great thinkers in an interesting and complex act of philosophical negotiation. Through an interlinear, line-by-line "dialogue" with Confucius, Zhu effected a reconciliation of the teachings of the Master, commentary by later exegetes, and contemporary philosophical concerns of Song-dynasty scholars. By comparing Zhu's reading of the Analects with the earlier standard reading by He Yan (190–249), Gardner illuminates what is dramatically new in Zhu Xi's interpretation of the Analects. A pioneering study of Zhu Xi's reading of the Analects, this book demonstrates how commentary is both informed by a text and informs future readings, and highlights the importance of interlinear commentary as a genre in Chinese philosophy.

Zhu Xi's Reading of the Analects: Canon, Commentary, and the Classical Tradition (Asian Studies)

Literature & Fiction

Gardner, Daniel

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Columbia University Press

Zhu Xi's Reading of the Analects: Canon, Commentary, and the Classical Tradition

History

Asia

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The Science of Fear: How the Culture of Fear Manipulates Your Brain

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Plume

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Future Babble: Why Pundits Are Hedgehogs and Foxes Know Best

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The Science of Fear: Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't--and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger

Dutton Adult

An award-winning journalist uses landmark research to debunk the whole expert prediction industry, and explores the psychology of our obsession with future history. In 2008, experts predicted gas would hit $20 a gallon; it peaked at $4.10. In 1967, they said the USSR would be the world's fastest-growing economy by 2000; by 2000, the USSR no longer existed. In 1908, it was pronounced that there would be no more wars in Europe; we all know how that turned out. Face it, experts are about as accurate as dart- throwing monkeys. And yet every day we ask them to predict the future- everything from the weather to the likelihood of a terrorist attack. Future Babble is the first book to examine this phenomenon, showing why our brains yearn for certainty about the future, why we are attracted to those who predict it confidently, and why it's so easy for us to ignore the trail of outrageously wrong forecasts. In this fast-paced, example-packed, sometimes darkly hilarious book, journalist Dan Gardner shows how seminal research by UC Berkeley professor Philip Tetlock proved that the more famous a pundit is, the more likely he is to be right about as often as a stopped watch. Gardner also draws on current research in cognitive psychology, political science, and behavioral economics to discover something quite reassuring: The future is always uncertain, but the end is not always near.

Future Babble: Why Expert Predictions Are Next to Worthless, and You Can Do Better

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Dutton

As award-winning journalist Daniel Gardner demonstrates, irrational fear springs from how humans miscalculate risks. Our hunter-gatherer brains evolved during the old Stone Age and struggle to make sense of a world utterly unlike the one that made them. Numbers, for instance, confuse us. Our “gut” tells us that even if there aren’t “fifty thousand predators…on the Internet prowling for children,” as a recent U.S. Attorney General claimed, then there must be an awful lot. Real-world examples, interviews with experts, and fast-paced, lean storytelling make The Science of Fear an entertaining and enlightening tour.

The Science of Fear: Why We Fear the Things We Should not- and Put Ourselves in Great Danger

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As award-winning journalist Daniel Gardner demonstrates, irrational fear  springs from how humans miscalculate risks. Our hunter-gatherer brains evolved  during the old Stone Age and struggle to make sense of a world utterly unlike  the one that made them. Numbers, for instance, confuse us. Our “gut” tells us  that even if there aren’t “fifty thousand predators…on the Internet prowling  for children,” as a recent U.S. Attorney General claimed, then there must be an  awful lot. Real-world examples, interviews with experts, and fast-paced, lean  storytelling make The Science of Fear an entertaining and enlightening tour.

Dreamscape Media

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The Science of Fear

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Zhu Xi's Reading of the Analects: Canon, Commentary, and the Classical Tradition (Asian Studies)

Zhu Xi's Reading of the Analects: Canon, Commentary, and the Classical Tradition (Asian Studies)

Zhu Xi's Reading of the Analects: Canon, Commentary, and the Classical Tradition

The Science of Fear: How the Culture of Fear Manipulates Your Brain

Future Babble: Why Pundits Are Hedgehogs and Foxes Know Best

The Science of Fear: Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't--and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger

Future Babble: Why Expert Predictions Are Next to Worthless, and You Can Do Better

The Science of Fear: Why We Fear the Things We Should not- and Put Ourselves in Great Danger

The Science of Fear: Why We Fear the Things We Should not- and Put Ourselves in Great Danger

The Science of Fear