The Analect and the Arthaśāstrsa: Kongzi of Zhou China and Kauṭilya of Maurya India Compared:

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Narasingha P. Sil¹ 

关键词: Asia;    area studies;    humanities;    ancient history;    humanism;    religious studies;    comparative politics;    political science;    social sciences;    political theory;    politics;    humanities;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2158244017747324

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Kongzi/Kongfuzi or Confucius of “China” and Cānakya/Viṣṇugupta or Kauṭilya of “India” were statesmen as well as teachers, though never professional classroom instructors. They both dedicated themselves to advising royalty and the ruling class in the art of administration as well as in the secrets of success and survival in a world that was at once uncharitable and unprincipled. Nevertheless, both base their counsels on morality—Kongzi on ren [benevolence] and de [virtue] and Kauṭilya on dharma [duty] and daṇḍa [law]. Both seek to enhance the quality of human life in terms of material and moral riches, their only distinction being the Chinese Master’s teachings are primarily philosophical thus bearing the stamp of universality, whereas the Indian ācārya’s [preceptor’s] insights pertain to the interests of his particular state.

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