A Book to Burn and a Book to Keep (Hidden): Selected Writings

by Li Zhi

Book Overview

Li Zhi's iconoclastic interpretations of history, religion, literature, and social relations have fascinated Chinese intellectuals for centuries. His approach synthesized Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist ethics and incorporated the Neo-Confucian idealism of such thinkers as Wang Yangming (1472-1529). The result was a series of heretical writings that caught fire among Li Zhi's contemporaries, despite an imperial ban on their publication, and intrigued...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231166133
• ISBN13: 9780231166133
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"