"Argues that during the late Imperial period, all three main religious strains in China embraced an ethic that everyone should engage in labor as a crucial component to their personal enlightenment and their duty to society. This is what brings together new Chan (Zen in Japanese) Buddhism; new...

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Main Author:	Yu, Ying-Shih 1930-2021 (Author)
Other Authors:	Kwong, Charles Yim-tze 1958- (Translator), Tillman, Hoyt Cleveland 1944- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English Chinese
Published:	New York Columbia University Press [2021]
Subjects:	Geschichte 1500-1800 Ethik Religion Kaufmann Wirtschaftsethik Arbeitsethik China Ethics / China Business ethics China / Religion
Online Access:	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:	"Argues that during the late Imperial period, all three main religious strains in China embraced an ethic that everyone should engage in labor as a crucial component to their personal enlightenment and their duty to society. This is what brings together new Chan (Zen in Japanese) Buddhism; new religious Daoism; and new Confucianism. All three new religions had to overcome traditional elitist biases and moral concerns about working for individual material results. To overcome traditional assumptions and practices, as well as to embrace the priority of working for one's livelihood, required the religious practitioners to resolve tensions within their own minds and often with precepts of earlier forms of their religious traditions. The final section of the book focuses on the changing social status of merchants, their enhanced self-confidence in their identity and profession, and their manifestation of the new work ethics in their mercantile activities, especially from 1500 to 1820"--
Item Description:	Originally title: Zhongguo jinshi zongjiao lunli yu shangren jingshen Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:	XLII, 281 Seiten
ISBN:	9780231200424 9780231200431