Moral and Spiritual Cultivation in Japanese Neo-Confucianism

Moral and Spiritual Cultivation in Japanese Neo-ConfucianismKaibara Ekken (1630 1714) was the focal Neo Confucian thinker of the early Tokagawa period. He established the importance of Neo Confucianism in Japan at a time when Buddhism had long been the dominant religious philosophy. This is the first book length presentation of his thought. It contains a lengthy introduction to Ekken's life, time, and thought, and a careful translation into readable English of Ekken's book, Precepts for Daily Life in Japan

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