Fusion of East and West : : children, education, and a new China, 1902-1915 /

Fusion of East and West : : children, education, and a new China, 1902-1915 / / by Limin Bai.

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In Fusion of East and West, Limin Bai presents a major work in the English language that focuses on Chinese textbooks and the education of children for a new China in a critical transitional period, 1902–1915. This study examines the life and work of Wang Hengtong (1868–1928), a Chinese Christian ed...

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Superior document:East and West
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Bai, Limin,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:East and West (Leiden, Netherlands)
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Conventions
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Introduction
  •  1 Wang Hengtong, the Christian Community in Shanghai and the Textbook Market
  •  1 Wang Hengtong and Hangchow Presbyterian College
  •  2 Wang Hengtong and the Christian Community in Shanghai
  •  3 Wang Hengtong as Christian Teacher and Textbook Writer
  •  4 Wang Hengtong and His Literacy Textbooks
  •  5 Conclusion
  •  2 An Innovative Approach: Progressive Teaching Method
  •  1 Background: Literacy Education Campaign in late Qing China
  •  2 Wind from the West: Chinese Language Teaching Reform
  •  3 Comparison: Wang Hengtong’s Primers and Non-Christian Chinese Textbooks
  •  4 Conclusion
  •  3 Captivating Children: Hybrid Elements in Literacy Textbooks
  •  1  / Quwei 趣味 (interest; interesting): the Prevalence of New Educational Ideas
  •  2 The Use of Illustrations: with Children’s Interests at Heart
  •  3 Making Tradition Modern: Re-creating Exemplary Children in Traditional Chinese / mengshu
  •  4 Conclusion
  •  4 Literacy Textbooks as Children’s Literature: Making Aesop Chinese
  •  1 Aesop’s Fables for Literacy Education
  •  2 A Comparative Study of Three Chinese Versions of Aesop’s Fables
  •  3 Contextualizing Aesopic Fables for Chinese Children
  •  4 Conclusion
  •  5 Textbooks as a Bridge to a World of New Knowledge
  •  1 The Concept of / Gezhi : a Christian Perspective
  •  2 The Content of / Gezhi Learning in Wang Hengtong’s Textbooks
  •  3 The Circulation of Useful Knowledge: a Comparative Analysis
  •  4 Conclusion
  •  6 Traversing the Boundaries between Confucianism and Christianity
  •  1 The Bible and Christian Content in Wang Hengtong’s Literacy Textbooks
  •  2 New Hermeneutic Exegesis of Ancient Chinese Scriptures: Searching for a Common Humanity
  •  3 Reinterpreting the Concept of / xiao : Christian Appropriation of Confucianism
  •  4 Conclusion
  •  7 Education for a New China: a Multifaceted Perspective
  •  1 Education for a New China: a Comparison of Christian and Non-Christian Views
  •  2 Textbook Market: Shared Source Materials, Common Features and Diversity
  •  3 Different Approaches to the Fusion of East-West and Past-Present
  •  4 A Key Difference between Christian and Non-Christian Textbooks
  •  5 Enlightenment and Late Qing Reforms: Education for Girls
  •  6 Conclusion
  •  Conclusion
  •  Bibliography
  •  Index.

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