The Mingjia and Related Texts: Essentials in the Understanding of the Development of Pre-Qin Philosophy

by Wang Ping

ESSENTIALS IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRE-QIN PHILOSOPHY

The Mingjia (School of Names) is a notional grouping of philosophers first recorded as such in the Shiji. Their identifying feature was a concern with linguistic issues particularly involving the correct use of names. The origin of this concern is taken to be Lunyu XIII.3. The group, as listed in the Han Shu, comprised seven men living...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9629967774
• ISBN13: 9789629967772
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
• Length: 1180 Pages
• Weight: 3.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"