Confucius in East Asia
Title | Confucius in East Asia |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 2013 |
Authors | Richey, Jeffrey L. |
Series Title | Key Issues in Asian Studies |
Number of Pages | 118 pages |
Publisher | Association for Asian Studies |
City | Ann Arbor |
ISBN | 978-0924304736 |
URL | https://www.asianstudies.org/bookstore/richey/ |
Full Text | Confucius in East Asia is an engaging and well-crafted book that clearly delineates the oftentimes fitful development of Confucianism in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. At the same time, he masterfully demonstrates how Confucianism slowly came to dominate politics, thought, and society in each of these places and still continues to inform their assumptions, values, and institutions. Richey also expertly underscores the outsized role that government has played in promoting and sustaining this tradition’s formidable influence. |