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Beyond Confucian China: The Rival Discourses of Kang Youwei and Zhang Binglin By Young-tsu Wong
Series: Academia Sinica on East Asia ISBN: 978-0-415-58208-7 Binding: Hardback Published by: Routledge Publication Date: July 2010 Pages: 208 ¡@ |
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About the Book
Young-tsu
Wong throws new light on Kang Youwei and Zhang Binglin, both through
research on the sources, nature and import of their ideas and
through juxtaposing them. The result is a provocative and
stimulating analysis of late Qing-early Republican thought. Never
before these two rival thinkers have been studied in any western
language, and Wong sees these two men, though distinctly different
in personality and thought, as the genuine pioneers of modern
Chinese thought. The author highlights the mix of traditional
Chinese thought, especially Confucianism and western ideas as well
as the personal experiences of the two key thinkers in Modern
Chinese History, enabling him to reassess the transition of China¡¦s
cultural tradition and its modern fate in a world-wide perspective. ¡@ |
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Table of Contents Introduction Part I: Reform and Revolution 1. Kang Yuwei and the Reform Movement 0f 1898 2. Zhang Binglin and the Revolution of 1911 Part II: Philosophy and History 3. Kang's Philosophical Hermeneutics for Political Reform 4. Zhang's Defense of History Part III: Paths to Modernity 5. Kang's Quest for Modern Material Civilization 6. Zhang's Critique of Western Modernity Conclusion |
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The Poet-historian Qian Qianyi By Lawrence C. H. Yim¡]ÄY§Ó¶¯¡^
Series: Academia Sinica on East Asia ISBN: 978-0-415-49460-1 Binding: Hardback Published by: Routledge Publication Date: April 2009 Pages: 240 ¡@ |
BioLawrence C. H. Yim received his Ph.D. from Yale University and is now Associate Research Fellow in the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy at Academia Sinica, and Associate Professor of Chinese Literature, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. He has published articles on Ming-Qing poetry and literary theory and criticism. ¡@ |
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About the BookThis book is the first English language study of Qian Qianyi (1582-1664) - a poet and literary critic during the Ming-Qing dynastic transition. Although Qian's works constitute some of the greatest achievements in pre-modern Chinese lyric poetry, they have been largely understudied and are poorly understood. Qian was reputed for his own aesthetic that changed the character of late Ming and early Qing poetry. His name, however, was branded with infamy for his disloyalty to the Ming dynasty when it dissolved. Consequently, his works were censored by the Qing court and have been forgotten by most critics until recently. Lawrence C. H. Yim focuses on Qian's poetic theory and practice, providing a critical study of Qian's theory of poetic-history (shishi) and a group of poems from the Toubi ji. He also examines the role played by history in early Qing verse, rethinking the nature of loyalism and historical memory in seventeenth-century China. Poetry of the Ming-Qing transition is distinguished by its manifest historical consciousness and the effort and give meaning to current historical events, an effort characterized by the pathos of introspection and mourning for the past. This pathos translates into what can be called a poetics of Ming loyalism, exemplified and championed by, intriguingly, the later works of Qian Qianyi himself. ¡@ |
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Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Qian Qianyi's Theory Of Shishi And Historical Contexts 1. Qian Qianyi's Theory Of Shishi and Poetics of Ming Loyalism 2. Qian Qianyi's Reception in Qing Times Part 2: "Renouncing The Pen For The Sword", Three Readings Of Qian Qianyi's Shishi 3. The Prophesying Poet-Historian 4. The Poet As Mentor and Strategist 5. Loyalty and Love at Parting. Conclusion ¡@ |
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Divine Justice: Religion And The Development Of Chinese Legal Culture By Paul R Katz
Series: Academia Sinica on East Asia ISBN: 978-0-415-44345-6 Binding: Hardback Published by: Routledge Publication Date: Dec 2008 Pages: 240 ¡@ |
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About the Book This book considers the ways in which religious beliefs and practices have contributed to the formation of Chinese legal culture. It does so by describing two forms of overlap between religion and the law: the ideology of justice and the performance of judicial rituals. One of the most important conceptual underpinnings of the Chinese ideology of justice is the belief in the inevitability of retribution. Similar values permeate Chinese religious traditions, all of which contend that justice will prevail despite corruption and incompetence among judicial officials in this world and even the underworld, with all wrongdoers eventually suffering some form of punishment. The second form of overlap between religion and the law may be found in the realm of practice, and involves instances when men and women perform judicial rituals like oaths, chicken-beheadings, and underworld indictments in order to enhance the legitimacy of their positions, deal with cases of perceived injustice, and resolve disputes. These rites coexist with other forms of legal practice, including private mediation and the courts, comprising a wide-ranging spectrum of practices Divine Justice will be of enormous interest to scholars of the Chinese legal system and the development of Chinese culture and society more generally. ¡@ |
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Table of Contents 1. The Development of the Judicial Underworld: A Comparative Perspective Background 2. The Judicial Continuum 3. Oaths and Chicken-beheading Rituals 4. Indictment Rituals 5. Trials of the Insane and Dressing as a Criminal 6. Judicial Rituals in Asian Colonial and Immigrant History 7. Judicial Rituals in Modern Taiwan 8. Case Study: The Dizang Abbey. Conclusion |
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