Fundamentals of Chinese Culture / / Liang Shuming.
Chinese culture, to readers of English, is somewhat veiled in mystery. Fundamentals of Chinese Culture (in pinyin, Zhongguo wenhua yaoyi), a classic of great insight and profundity by noted Chinese thinker, educator and social reformist Liang Shuming, takes readers on an intellectual journey into th...
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Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- About Liang Shuming and Fundamentals of Chinese Culture
- Acknowledgements
- Preface to This Translation
- Liang’s Preface
- Chapter One Introduction
- Chapter Two “Family” to Chinese People
- Chapter Three Westerners Living as a Group
- Chapter Four Chinese People’s Lack of Group-centered Life
- Chapter Five China as an Ethics-Oriented Society
- Chapter Six Morality as Religion
- Chapter Seven Rationality – A Human Characteristic
- Chapter Eight Class Divisions and Professional Distinction
- Chapter Nine China: A Nation or Not?
- Chapter Ten Governance and Times of Peace and Prosperity
- Chapter Eleven A Cycle of Times of Peace and Prosperity and Periods of Chaos
- Chapter Twelve Human Cultural Precocity
- Chapter Thirteen China after Cultural Precocity
- Chapter Fourteen Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index