Peking University : Chinese scholarship and intellectuals, 1898-1937 / Xiaoqing Diana Lin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lin, Xiaoqing Diana, 1963-

Series:

SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.

SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Learning and scholarship--China--20th century.

Learning and scholarship.

China--Intellectual life--20th century.

China.

Beijing da xue--History--20th century.

Beijing da xue.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 232 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Peking University, founded in 1898, was at the center of the major intellectual movements of twentieth-century China. In this institutional and intellectual history, author Xiaoqing Diana Lin shows how the university reflected and shaped Chinese intellectual culture in an era of great change, one that saw both a surge of nationalism and an interest in Western concepts such as democracy, science, and Marxism. Lin discusses Peking University's spirit of openness and how the school both encouraged the synthesis of Chinese and Western knowledge and promoted Western learning for the national good. The work covers the introduction of modern academic disciplines, the shift from integrative learning to specialized learning, and the reinterpretation of Confucianism for contemporary times.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

From Gewu zhizhi to Building a New Moral Universe?

From Imperial to Civil Service Examinations

From a Defense of Confucian Moral Knowledge to New Construction of Chinese Culture

The Transformation of a Discursive Context

The Uses of the Evolutionary Historical Framework

Grasping for Permanence in Historical Change

Confucian Moral Cultivation, Science, and Social Relevance

Western Legal and Political Theories as Agents of Social Reform

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-228) and index.

ISBN:

9780791483916

0791483916

9781423743705

1423743709

OCLC:

461442221