Confucius and Pregnant Women: An Investigation Into the Intertextuality of the Lunyu (Critical Essay)
The Journal of the American Oriental Society 2009, Oct-Dec, 129, 4
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Publisher Description
I. INTRODUCTION: CONFUCIUS AND THE LUNYU "Master Kong" (Kongzi [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII], latinized Confucius (trad. 551-479 B.C.), is certainly one of the most important figures in Chinese intellectual history. Given his outstanding prestige, however, and the looming influence exerted for over two millennia by the mythicized image of Confucius the Sage, reliable knowledge about Confucius the man remains surprisingly scarce.
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