A Latterday Confucian : Reminiscences of William Hung (1893-1980) / Susan Chan Egan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Egan, Susan Chan, author.

Contributor:

Hung, William, 1893-1980.

Series:

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 131.

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 131

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hung, William, 1893-1980.

Hung, William.

Scholars--China--Biography.

Scholars.

Scholars--United States--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Distribution:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 1987.

Other Title:

Reminiscences of William Hung (1893-1980)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Harvard University Asia Center, 1987.

Summary:

As a scholar, William Hung was instrumental in opening China's rich documentary past to modern scrutiny. As an educator, he helped shape one of twentieth-century China's most remarkable institutions, Yenching University. A member of the buoyant, Western-educated generation that expected to transform China into a modern, liberal nation, he saw his hopes darken as political turmoil, war with Japan, and the Communist takeover led to a different future. yet his influence was widespread; for his students became leaders on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and he continued to teach in the United States through the 1970s.In 1978, he began recalling his colorful life to Susan Chan Egan in weekly taping sessions. Egan draws on these tapes to let a skillful raconteur tell for himself anecdotes from his life as a religious and academic activist with a flair for the flamboyant. His reminiscences encompass the issues and dilemmas faced by Chinese intellectuals of his period. Among the notables who figured in his life and memories were Hu Shih, H. H. Kung, Henry Winter Luce, John Leighton Stuart, Timothy Lew, and Lu Chihwei.While retaining the flavor of Hung's reminiscences, Egan explains the evolution and importance of his scholarly work; captures his blend of Confucianism, mystical Christianity, and iconoclastic thought; and describes his effect on those around him. For it was finally his unyielding integrity and personal kindness as much as his accomplishments that caused him to be revered by colleagues and generations of students.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Childhood in Foochow

The Story of the Hung Clan

Early Years in Shantung

Adolescence

Transitions

Ohio Wesleyan

Friends and Romances

Turning Point

On the Lecture Circuit

The Repatriate

Dean at Yenching

Manuscripts, Murals, and High Finance

Harvard 1928-1930

Old Ties and New Friends

Work and Students During the Thirties

In and Out of Enemy Territory

Incarcerated by the Japanese

Victory

A Very Long Journey: 1946-1949

In Exile

The Survivor

Epilogue

A Partial List of Scholars Trained at Yenching University by William Hung

A Summary of Hung's "Preface" to the Combined Concordances to Ch'un-ch'iu, Kung-yang, Ku-liang, and Tso-chuan

Bibliography

Glossary of Chinese Verses

Glossarial Index

Harvard East Asian Monographs.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 237-244.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-68417-269-1

OCLC:

568160839

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684172696 DOI