UPDATE: A graduate student writes, protesting the comment (at the link) that, scholars of Chinese philosophy "just remain silent" on the sexism of the Confucian tradition. The student writes:
How does she explain all of the books and anthologies on the issue? Here is an incomplete list:
The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Chinese Philosophy and Gender (Bloomsbury Research Handbooks in Asian Philosophy), Bloomsbury Academic (April 21, 2016)
Sharing the Light: Representations of Women and Virtue in Early China (S U N Y Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture), State University of New York Press (July 30, 1998)
Confucianism and Women: A Philosophical Interpretation (Suny Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture), State University of New York Press (June 1, 2007)
Women in Daoism, Three Pines Press (June 30, 2005)
Images of Women in Chinese Thought and Culture: Writings from the Pre-Qin Period through the Song Dynasty, Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. (June 20, 2003)
There are also a number of articles on the issue.
The best schools for Chinese philosophy are unranked in the overall rankings. The cards are already stacked against me. Please do not allow misinformed moral indignation from an established member of the profession make life even harder for the worst off.
I study what I study because I love the material, not because I am on a diversity high horse.
ANOTHER: Reader Michael Bramley writes: "I couldn't help but notice the author assumed both the gender and the race of the entity known as 'Confucious' and as a result I was hideously offended. Please include trigger warnings next time lest the steam from my outraged ears melt my snowflake crown of entitlement."
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