Roma Sinica and Confucius and Cicero: extending the boundaries and constructing relationships

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1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents V
3. Roma Sinica and Confucius and Cicero: extending the boundaries and constructing relationships 1
4. A. General perspectives
5. Comparing Confucius and Cicero: Problems and Possibilities 7
6. B. A philosophical approach
7. The Private and the Public in the Republic and in the Analects 29
8. Confucian and Daoist, Stoic and Epicurean. Some Parallels in Ways of Living 43
9. Mind, Heaven, and Ritual in the Xunzi 59
10. C. Key texts; translating Confucius into Latin
11. The Latin translations of Confucius’ Dialogues (Lun Yu). A comparison of key concepts 73
12. Is Confucius a Sinicus Cicero? 109
13. D. Key concepts: philosophy, literature and culture
14. Humanitas: Universalism, equivocation, and basic criterion 129
15. Becoming human(e): Confucius’ Way to仁 and the Imitation of Christ in Yi Byeok’s Essence of Sacred Doctrine (聖敎要旨; Seonggyo yoji) 141
16. Pietas in pro Sexto Roscio of Cicero and Confucian 孝(xiao) 155
17. “Be modest and avoid wastefulness”: table manners and beyond from Confucius to Xi Jinping 171
18. E. A final consideration
19. Cicero and Confucius: Similitude in Disguise 189
20. General bibliography 201
21. Index of names, main concepts and texts 211
22. Editors and Contributors 215