About the Author

Julia Ching is University Professor and R. C. and E. Y. Lee Chair Professor at the University of Toronto.

Reviews

"Ching's impressive book does us two important favors. First, we now have an invaluable one-volume English language guide to the major lineaments of Zhu Xi's philosophy. Second, although the question Zhu raises may no longer be those that most of us wake up to every morning, and toss in bed to solve most nights, they are not irrelevant questions that concerned only the fusty and priggish few. Ching reminds us that it never hurts to contemplate and pursue the
transcendent through gritty human experiences and vulnerabilities, as Zhu Xi did." --Book Reviews China
"Ching's impressive book does us two important favors. First, we now have an invaluable one-volume English language guide to the major lineaments of Zhu Xi's philosophy. Second, although the question Zhu raises may no longer be those that most of us wake up to every morning, and toss in bed to solve most nights, they are not irrelevant questions that concerned only the fusty and priggish few. Ching reminds us that it never hurts to contemplate and pursue the
transcendent through gritty human experiences and vulnerabilities, as Zhu Xi did." --Book Reviews China
"One of the best works, if not the best, so far written in English on Chu Hsi (Zhu Xi). This book must be regarded as a milestone in the presentation of Chu Hsia in the western world and an indispensable reference for further and future research on Chu Hsi in the English-speaking world."-The Journal of the American Academy of Religion