Confucius from the Heart (Yu Dan)

Title: Confucius from the Heart (Yu Dan)

Author: Yu Dan, Esther Tyldesley

ISBN: 9787101067194

Language: English

Publishing Date: 2009-07

Publisher: China Book Shop

Cover: P   Page: 186     Format: 32mo  

Introduction:

In the autumn of 2006, Yu Dan, a professor of media studies at Beijing Normal University, gave a series of lectures entitled "Yu Dan's Insights into the Analects" which was broadcast for seven days on China Central Television. Her highly personal interpretation of Confucian thought was rapturously received, An edited transcript of the lectures sold 10,000 copies on the day it was published in book form and by September the following year the book had sold 4.2 million legal copies in China and an estimated 6 million pirated ones, remaining at the top of the Chinese bestseller lists today.

About the Authors:

A professor at China's Beijing Normal University, assistant to the Dean, Faculty of Arts & Media, and Head of the Department of Film & Television Media, Yu Dan is now a household name in China. She has a master's degree in ancient Chinese literature and a doctoral degree in film & TV studies. Following the extraordinary success of her lectures and subsequent book on Confucius, she gave another series of her lectures, this time on the philosopher Zhuangzi, which has also been a massive bestseller.

Content:

Foreword Why Confucius
Part One The Way of Heaven and Earth
Part Two The Way of the Heart and Soul
Part Three The Way of the World
Part Four The Way of Friendship
Part Five The Way of Ambition
Part Six The Way of Being