Coming at the end of the great flowering of philosophical inquiry in Warring States China, when the foundations for traditional Chinese thought were laid, Xunzi occupies a place analogous to that of Aristotle in the West. The collection of works bearing his name contains not only the most systematic philosophical exposition by any early Confucian thinker but also accounts of virtually every aspect of the intellectual, cultural, and social life of his time. This is the first complete translation of the Xunzi into English.
- ISBN10 0804724474
- ISBN13 9780804724470
- Publish Date October 1994 (first published June 1990)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 1 October 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Stanford University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 1203
- Language English