Confuciamism as Confucius Had It:The Disagreement and Agreement between Zhang Junmai and Pound
Author(s): Qian Zhaoming, Chen Lizhen
Pages: 152-166
Year: 2015 Issue: 3
Journal: Comparative Literature in China
Keyword: Pound; Zhang Junmai(Carsun Chang); Book of History; Neo-Confucianism;
Abstract: Relying on published and unpublished materials,this paper traces unknow n debate betw een Pound and Zhang Junmai( Carsun Chang) in the early 1950 s. Pound w anted Confucianism "as Confucius had it,"and had little interest in"later dilatations,"w hereas Zhang,a leading present-day neo-Confucian,w as opposed to a "hackneyed exposition of the basic thought of Confucius,"w hat he called a"museum approach. "Despite their disagreement,the tw o men held each other in esteem,and ideas introduced by Zhang,both from traditional Confucian w orks and from "later dilatations,"w ent into Pound’s cantos of the mid- 1950 s. In the late 1950 s,surprisingly,Pound opened himself to Kangxi and Yongzheng’s Confucian "Sacred Edict,"w hich he w ould not have used w ithout years of interactions w ith Zhang.
Pages: 152-166
Year: 2015 Issue: 3
Journal: Comparative Literature in China
Keyword: Pound; Zhang Junmai(Carsun Chang); Book of History; Neo-Confucianism;
Abstract: Relying on published and unpublished materials,this paper traces unknow n debate betw een Pound and Zhang Junmai( Carsun Chang) in the early 1950 s. Pound w anted Confucianism "as Confucius had it,"and had little interest in"later dilatations,"w hereas Zhang,a leading present-day neo-Confucian,w as opposed to a "hackneyed exposition of the basic thought of Confucius,"w hat he called a"museum approach. "Despite their disagreement,the tw o men held each other in esteem,and ideas introduced by Zhang,both from traditional Confucian w orks and from "later dilatations,"w ent into Pound’s cantos of the mid- 1950 s. In the late 1950 s,surprisingly,Pound opened himself to Kangxi and Yongzheng’s Confucian "Sacred Edict,"w hich he w ould not have used w ithout years of interactions w ith Zhang.
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