Selover Thomas W. Hsieh Liang-Tso and the Analects of Confucius: Human Learning as a Religious Quest

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. — 183 p.Hsieh Liang-Tso (c. 1050-c. 1120), master Shang-ts’ai, was one of the leading disciples of Ch’eng Hao (1032-1085) and his younger brother Ch’eng I (1033-1107). Together, they were central figures in Tao-hsueh or Neo-Confucian Movement. Concentrating on Hsieh and his interpretation of the Confucian Analects, the main theme of this book is "human learning" or jen-hsueh, supplemented by the concept of "authentic transmission". The wider interpretive context for this inquiry is the comparative study of religion, with emphasis on what could be called "comparative theology".