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The first part of this chapter sketches Zhu Xi’s ideas about why reading is important and how to do it well, including the importance of focused reading and employing a questioning attitude. Notwithstanding some differences of emphasis, all the Confucian heroes of this book held that the open-minded reading of classic texts is central to human learning and moral growth. Later, the chapter turns to some criticisms of this emphasis on classics—for example, can it lead to a rigid orthodoxy?—and to ways that Confucians should seek to intervene in debates about the value of liberal education today. |
