An intellectual history of China. : knowledge, thought, and belief before the seventh century CE / / Volume one : / by Ge Zhaoguang ; translated by Michael S. Duke and Josephine Chiu-Duke.

• Superior document: Brill's humanities in China library ; volume 6
• Author: Ge, Zhaoguang, 1950-
• TeilnehmendeR: Duke, Michael S.; Chiu-Duke, Josephine.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Brill,, [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's humanities in China library ; v. 6.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (441 p.)
• Notes: Translation of author's abbreviation of his own work.
• Other title: Zhongguo si xiang shi.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9047425073
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Ge Zhaoguang ; translated by Michael S. Duke and Josephine Chiu-Duke.

Winner of the 2014 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award In An Intellectual History of China , Professor Ge Zhaoguang presents a history of traditional Chinese knowledge, thought and belief to the late six century CE with a new approach offering a new perspective. It appropriates a wide range of source materials and emphasizes the necessity of understanding ideas and thought in their proper historical contexts. Its analytical narrative focuses on the dialectical interaction between historical background and intellectual thought. While discussing the complex dynamics of interaction among the intellectual thought of elite Chinese scholars, their historical conditions, their canonical texts and the “worlds of general knowledge, thought and belief,” it also illuminates the significance of key issues such as the formation of the Chinese world order and its underlying value system, the origins of Chinese cultural identity and foreign influences.