Humanity and Self-Cultivation: Essays in Confucian Thought

This first paperback edition of a renowned collection of essays by noted scholar of Chinese history and philosophy Tu Wei-ming includes a new introductory essay by Robert Cummings Neville, Dean of the School of Theology at Boston University, and a new preface by the author. The twelve essays in this volume concisely illustrate the inherent religious nature of Confucianism, one of the world's most influential systems of thought.