Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Abbreviations viii
5. Preface ix
6. Part One. Introduction
7. A Brief Biography of Chu Hsi 3
8. Chu Hsi and the Crisis of the Way in the Twelfth Century 10
9. Restoring the Way: Chu Hsi's Educational Activities 23
10. Chu Hsi's Program of Learning for Followers of the Way 35
11. Chu Hsi and the Transformation of the Confucian Tradition 57
12. Part Two: Selections from the Conversations of Master Chu, Arranged Topically — The Chapters on Learning
13. Note on Text and Translation 85
14. 1. Lesser Learning (Chapter 7) 88
15. 2. The Method of Learning, General Discussion (Chapter 8) 96
16. 3. A Discussion of Knowledge and Action (Chapter 9) 116
17. 4. On Reading, Part 1 (Chapter 10) 128
18. 5. On Reading, Part 2 (Chapter II) 143
19. 6. Holding On to It (Chapter 12) 163
20. 7. Energetically Putting It into Practice (Chapter 13) 180
21. Glossary 197
22. List of Works Cited 203
23. Index 211