Roel Sterckx: 2 books
Ways of Heaven
An Introduction to Chinese Thought
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2019
A brilliant history of ancient China's masters of philosophy -- and how they help us understand China today
In Ways of Heaven, leading China scholar Roel Sterckx offers an engrossing introduction to classical China's world of ideas. Drawing on evocative examples from philosophical texts, literature,...
by Roel Sterckx
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
In ancient China, the preparation of food and the offering up of food as a religious sacrifice were intimately connected with models of sagehood and ideas of self-cultivation and morality. Drawing on received and newly excavated written sources, Roel Sterckx's book explores how this vibrant culture...