Fundamentals of Chinese Culture
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Fundamentals of Chinese Culture

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eBook - ePub

Fundamentals of Chinese Culture

About this book

Chinese culture, to readers of English, is somewhat veiled in mystery. Fundamentals of Chinese Culture, a classic of great insight and profundity by noted Chinese thinker, educator and social reformist Liang Shuming, takes readers on an intellectual journey into the five-thousand-year-old culture of China, the world's oldest continuous civilization. With a set of Chinese-style cultural theories, the book well serves as a platform for Westerners' better understanding of the distinctive worldview of the Chinese people, who value family life and social stability, and for further mutual understanding and greater mutual consolidation among humanities scholars in different contexts, dismantling common misconceptions about China and bridging the gap between Chinese culture and Western culture. As a translation of Liang Shuming's original text, this book pulls back the curtain to reveal to Westerners a highly complex and nuanced picture of a fascinating people.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781040788813

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. About Liang Shuming and Fundamentals of Chinese Culture
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Preface to This Translation
  9. Liang’s Preface
  10. Chapter One Introduction
  11. Chapter Two “Family” to Chinese People
  12. Chapter Three Westerners Living as a Group
  13. Chapter Four Chinese People’s Lack of Group-centered Life
  14. Chapter Five China as an Ethics-Oriented Society
  15. Chapter Six Morality as Religion
  16. Chapter Seven Rationality – A Human Characteristic
  17. Chapter Eight Class Divisions and Professional Distinction
  18. Chapter Nine China: A Nation or Not?
  19. Chapter Ten Governance and Times of Peace and Prosperity
  20. Chapter Eleven A Cycle of Times of Peace and Prosperity and Periods of Chaos
  21. Chapter Twelve Human Cultural Precocity
  22. Chapter Thirteen China after Cultural Precocity
  23. Chapter Fourteen Conclusion
  24. Select Bibliography
  25. Index