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A Review of Antonio S. Cua's Human Nature, Ritual, and History: Studies in Xunzi and Chinese Philosophy, in Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy, Vol. 43, Washington, D.C., Catholic University of America Press, 2005, 406 pp., ISBN: 0813213851, hb

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  1. Homer Dubs, The Works of Hsüntze, London: Arthur Probsthain, 1928. Burton Watson, Hsün Tzu: Basic Writings, New York: Columbia UP, 1963. John Knoblock, Xunzi: A Translation and Study of the Complete Works, 3 vols., Stanford: Stanford UP, 1988–1994.

  2. Edward Machle, Nature and Heaven in the Xunzi, NY: State University of New York, 1993. Paul Goldin, Rituals of the Way: The Philosophy of Xunzi, LaSalle: Open Court, 1993. T. C. Kline III and Philip Ivanhoe, eds., Virtue, Nature, and Moral Agency in the Xunzi, Indianapolis: Hackett, 2000. Masayuki Sato, The Confucian Quest for Order: The Origin and Formation of the Political Thought of Xun Zi, Leiden: Brill, 2003. Janghee Lee, Xunzi and Early Chinese Naturalism, Albany: State University of New York Press, 2005. Knoblock’s three-volume translation of Xunzi’s works (see note above) includes biographical and historical details, discussion of primary themes and concepts, and translation notes.

  3. There are repetitions in a number of definitions across a number of essays, in particular, of gongming (generic term) and bieming (specific term), yi (right action), and dao. These repetitions are trivial in light of the impressive overall coherence and continuity across essays in the volume.

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Lai, K.L. A Review of Antonio S. Cua's Human Nature, Ritual, and History: Studies in Xunzi and Chinese Philosophy, in Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy, Vol. 43, Washington, D.C., Catholic University of America Press, 2005, 406 pp., ISBN: 0813213851, hb. SOPHIA 46, 203–205 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11841-007-0025-4

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