Chinese History and Culture. Volume 2, Seventeenth Century Through Twentieth Century / Ying-shih Yü; Josephine Chiu-Duke, Michael Duke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yu, Yingshi, author.

Contributor:

Chiu-Duke, Josephine.

Duke, Michael.

Series:

Masters of Chinese studies.

Masters of Chinese Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--History.

China.

China--Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (441 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The recipient of the Kluge Prize for lifetime achievement in the humanities and the Tang Prize for "revolutionary research" in Sinology, Ying-shih Yü is a premier scholar of Chinese studies. Chinese History and Culture volumes 1 and 2 bring his extraordinary oeuvre to English-speaking readers. Spanning two thousand years of social, intellectual, and political change, the essays in these volumes investigate two central questions through all aspects of Chinese life: what core values sustained this ancient civilization through centuries of upheaval, and in what ways did these values survive in modern times?From Ying-shih Yü's perspective, the Dao, or the Way, constitutes the inner core of Chinese civilization. His work explores the unique dynamics between Chinese intellectuals' discourse on the Dao, or moral principles for a symbolized ideal world order, and their criticism of contemporary reality throughout Chinese history. Volume 2 of Chinese History and Culture completes Ying-shih Yü's systematic reconstruction and exploration of Chinese thought over two millennia and its impact on Chinese identity. Essays address the rise of Qing Confucianism, the development of the Dai Zhen and Zhu Xi traditions, and the response of the historian Zhang Xuecheng to the Dai Zhen approach. They take stock of the thematic importance of Cao Xueqin's eighteenth-century masterpiece Honglou meng (Dream of the Red Chamber) and the influence of Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles of the People, as well as the radicalization of China in the twentieth century and the fundamental upheavals of modernization and revolution. Ying-shih Yü also discusses the decline of elite culture in modern China, the relationships among democracy, human rights, and Confucianism, and changing conceptions of national history. He reflects on the Chinese approach to history in general and the larger political and cultural function of chronological biographies. By situating China's modern encounter with the West in a wider historical frame, this second volume of Chinese History and Culture clarifies its more curious turns and contemplates the importance of a renewed interest in the traditional Chinese values recognizing common humanity and human dignity.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Author's Preface

Editorial Note

List of Abbreviations

Chronology of Dynasties

1. Some Preliminary Observations on the Rise of Qing Confucian Intellectualism

2. Dai Zhen and the Zhu Xi Tradition

3. Dai Zhen's Choice Between Philosophy and Philology

4. Zhang Xuecheng Versus Dai Zhen

5. Qing Confucianism

6. The Two Worlds of Honglou meng (Dream of the Red Chamber)

7. Sun Yat- sen's Doctrine and Traditional Chinese Culture

8. The Radicalization of China in the Twentieth Century

9. Neither Renaissance nor Enlightenment

10. Modernization Versus Fetishism of Revolution in Twentieth- Century China

11. The Idea of Democracy and the Twilight of the Elite Culture in Modern China

12. China's New Wave of Nationalism

13. Democracy, Human Rights, and Confucian Culture

14. Changing Conceptions of National History in Twentieth- Century China

15. Reflections on Chinese Historical Thinking

16. Modern Chronological Biography and the Conception of Historical Scholarship

17. The Study of Chinese History

18. Confucianism and China's Encounter with the West in Historical Perspective

19. Clio's New Cultural Turn and the Rediscovery of Tradition in Asia

Acknowledgments

Appendix

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Jul 2017)

ISBN:

9780231542005

0231542003

OCLC:

957125666