Inheritance within rupture : : culture and scholarship in early twentieth-century China / / by Luo Zhitian ; translated by Lane J. Harris and Mei Chun.

• Superior document: Brill's Humanities in China Library, Volume 7
• VerfasserIn: Luo, Zhitian, 1952-
• TeilnehmendeR: Harris, Lane J.,; Chun, Mei,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's humanities in China library ; Volume 7.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (489 p.)
• Notes: Collection of ten essays.

In Inheritance within Rupture , Luo Zhitian brings together ten essays to explore the themes of change and continuity, rupture and inheritance from the late Qing through the early Republic (1890s-1940s). Rejecting binaries such as tradition/modernity, conservative/liberal, Luo blurs the divisions between intellectual opponents and clarifies the divergences between scholarly friends. Centering these discussions around some of the most famous intellectual debates in the modern period, Luo challenges our understanding of ideological positions, political affiliation, and scholarly identity in early twentieth-century China. By focusing on the influence of cultural inheritance within the rupture of modernity, we come to understand those concerns shared by all Chinese in their own times and in the present.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- 1 Turning Heterodoxy into Orthodoxy: The Historical Transitions Manifested by the Boxer Incident of 1900 -- 2 Confucianism, Non-Canonical Classical Philosophers, and the Yellow Emperor in National Learning: Late Qing Scholars and the Search for Symbols of National Identity -- 3 The Dream of a Chinese Renaissance: From the Late Qing “Revival of Ancient Studies” to the Republican “New Tide” -- 4 Into the Museum: The Removal of ‘the Ancient’ from ‘the Modern’ by Scholars Pursuing ‘the New’ in the Late Qing and Early Republic -- 5 Reading and Tradition: The Evolution of an On-Going Concern among Late Qing and Early Republican Scholars -- 6 Rejuvenating the Old to Better Understand the New: ‘Historical Perspective’ in the Late Qing and Early Republic -- 7 Exploring the Historical Relationship between Scholarship and Thought: Late Qing and Early Republican Intellectual Debates on ‘National Learning’ -- 8 ‘Mr. Science’s Turn Towards National Learning and History: An Example of “Science” as Seen by the Chinese Public During the May Fourth Period -- 9 The Voicelessness of Literature: Reorganizing National Heritage and Evidence-based Research on Literature -- 10 The Rise of Materialism: A Trend in Twentieth-Century Chinese Culture -- Appendix: List of Names -- Bibliography -- Index.