In his last essay just weeks before his death at the age of 91, David S. Nivison says, "Breaking into a formal system - such as a chronology - must be like breaking into a code. If you are successful,
A collection of essays by leading sinologists, historians, and philosophers, challenging and extending the work of David Nivison, whose contributions range across moral philosophy, religious thought,
Confucianism is one of the world's most influential philosophical traditions, offering profound and challenging insights on human nature, virtue, ethical cultivation, and the foundations of civilizati