A Book to Burn and a Book to Keep (Hidden): Selected Writings - Paperback
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A Book to Burn and a Book to Keep (Hidden): Selected Writings
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,...
Li Zhi (1527-1602), also known as Li Zhuowu, was a controversial philosopher, historian, and author of the late Ming Dynasty. A critic of the Cheng-Zhu School of Neo-Confucian thought, he was ultimately arrested for heresy and, rather than suffer exile, committed suicide in prison.
Rivi Handler-Spitz is assistant professor of Asian languages and cultures at Macalester College. She is the author...Contributor(s)
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