Before and after Ritual: Two Accounts of Li as Virtue in Early Confucianism

In this article, I probe the nature of Confucian virtue with special focus on ritual propriety (li). I examine two classic, mutually competing accounts of li—as moral virtue and as civic virtue—in early Confucianism by investigating the thoughts of Mencius and Xunzi. My primary aim in this article i...

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Main Author: Kim, Sungmoon (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2012
In: Sophia
Year: 2012, Volume: 51, Issue: 2, Pages: 195-210
Further subjects:B Ethics
B Natural state
B Political Theory
B Ritual propriety (li)
B Xunzi
B Mencius
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