Zhong in the analects with insights into loyalty

Zhong in the analects with insights into loyalty

This chapter attempts to analyze the notion of zhong 忠 in the Analects. Since zhong is often translated as “loyalty” in the existing literature, it is tempting to read Confucius as placing emphasis on the importance of being loyal, and this will easily call to mind many negative connotations asso...

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Main Author: Sung, Winnie
Other Authors: Ames, Roger T.
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: University of Hawai‘i Press 2021
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Zhong 忠
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1483092023-03-11T20:04:17Z Zhong in the analects with insights into loyalty Sung, Winnie Ames, Roger T. Hershock, Peter D. School of Humanities Humanities::Philosophy Confucian Ethics Zhong 忠 This chapter attempts to analyze the notion of zhong 忠 in the Analects. Since zhong is often translated as “loyalty” in the existing literature, it is tempting to read Confucius as placing emphasis on the importance of being loyal, and this will easily call to mind many negative connotations associated with loyalty such as blind submission, ungrounded favoritism, and the erosion of integrity. Such a strong association between zhong and loyalty might prevent us from fully understanding why zhong is valued. The aims of this chapter are to examine Confucius’ use of zhong as recorded in the Analects, to articulate the early Confucian conception of zhong, and to extract ethical insights from such an early Confucian conception by juxtaposing it against the contemporary conception of loyalty. Published version 2021-04-22T01:27:11Z 2021-04-22T01:27:11Z 2017 Book Chapter Sung, W. (2017). Zhong in the analects with insights into loyalty. Ames, R. T. & Hershock, P. D. (Eds.), Confucianisms for a Changing World Cultural Order (pp. 175-196). University of Hawai‘i Press. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/148309 978-0-82-487258-8 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/148309 10.2307/j.ctv3zp05k 175 196 en Confucianisms for a Changing World Cultural Order © 2018 University of Hawai‘i Press. The open access version of this book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), which means that the work may be freely downloaded and shared for non-commercial purposes, provided credit is given to the author. Derivative works and commercial uses require permission from the publisher. For details, see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. application/pdf University of Hawai‘i Press
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Confucian Ethics
Zhong 忠
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Confucian Ethics
Zhong 忠
Sung, Winnie
Zhong in the analects with insights into loyalty
description This chapter attempts to analyze the notion of zhong 忠 in the Analects. Since zhong is often translated as “loyalty” in the existing literature, it is tempting to read Confucius as placing emphasis on the importance of being loyal, and this will easily call to mind many negative connotations associated with loyalty such as blind submission, ungrounded favoritism, and the erosion of integrity. Such a strong association between zhong and loyalty might prevent us from fully understanding why zhong is valued. The aims of this chapter are to examine Confucius’ use of zhong as recorded in the Analects, to articulate the early Confucian conception of zhong, and to extract ethical insights from such an early Confucian conception by juxtaposing it against the contemporary conception of loyalty.
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