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Confucius The Man and the Myth
Biography of Kong Fuzi (孔夫子 Kǒng Fūzǐ, literally "Master Kong") using the earliest information then available. Restores a view of Confucius before the first century B.C. slander of the great man.
363 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1949
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October 18, 2014
Maybe 3 stars ("liked it") at least early in the book. I think it's an interesting read, stripping away the accretions of history, interpolation, and interpretation, Creel attempts to find the historical Confucius and his humanistic and political philosophies before his philosophy grew to become Confucianism, state orthodoxy, or Neo-Confucianism, etc.
Nevertheless, he has a clear thesis he wishes to prove. I haven't yet finished my readings of the original classical texts, but based on the evidence provided by Creel, I think he goes to far to assert that Confucius was "a forerunner of democracy, a voice crying in the wilderness."
Nevertheless, he has a clear thesis he wishes to prove. I haven't yet finished my readings of the original classical texts, but based on the evidence provided by Creel, I think he goes to far to assert that Confucius was "a forerunner of democracy, a voice crying in the wilderness."
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