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Book Synopsis Chinese History and Culture by : Ying-shih Yü
Download or read book Chinese History and Culture written by Ying-shih Yü and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recipient of the Kluge Prize for lifetime achievement in the humanities and the Tang Prize for "revolutionary research" in Sinology, Ying-shih Yü is a premier scholar of Chinese studies. Chinese History and Culture volumes 1 and 2 bring his extraordinary oeuvre to English-speaking readers. Spanning two thousand years of social, intellectual, and political change, the essays in these volumes investigate two central questions through all aspects of Chinese life: what core values sustained this ancient civilization through centuries of upheaval, and in what ways did these values survive in modern times? From Ying-shih Yü's perspective, the Dao, or the Way, constitutes the inner core of Chinese civilization. His work explores the unique dynamics between Chinese intellectuals' discourse on the Dao, or moral principles for a symbolized ideal world order, and their criticism of contemporary reality throughout Chinese history. Volume 2 of Chinese History and Culture completes Ying-shih Yü's systematic reconstruction and exploration of Chinese thought over two millennia and its impact on Chinese identity. Essays address the rise of Qing Confucianism, the development of the Dai Zhen and Zhu Xi traditions, and the response of the historian Zhang Xuecheng to the Dai Zhen approach. They take stock of the thematic importance of Cao Xueqin's eighteenth-century masterpiece Honglou meng (Dream of the Red Chamber) and the influence of Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles of the People, as well as the radicalization of China in the twentieth century and the fundamental upheavals of modernization and revolution. Ying-shih Yü also discusses the decline of elite culture in modern China, the relationships among democracy, human rights, and Confucianism, and changing conceptions of national history. He reflects on the Chinese approach to history in general and the larger political and cultural function of chronological biographies. By situating China's modern encounter with the West in a wider historical frame, this second volume of Chinese History and Culture clarifies its more curious turns and contemplates the importance of a renewed interest in the traditional Chinese values recognizing common humanity and human dignity.
Book Synopsis Chinese History Stories by : Renee Ting
Download or read book Chinese History Stories written by Renee Ting and published by Treasures of China. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents nineteen true stories about historical figures from China's Zhou Dynasty and Imperial Era, from 1046 B.C. to 1911 A.D., including stories about kings, generals, scholars, and princesses.
Book Synopsis A History of Chinese Civilization by : Jacques Gernet
Download or read book A History of Chinese Civilization written by Jacques Gernet and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-05-31 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When published in 1982, this translation of Professor Jacques Gernet's masterly survey of the history and culture of China was immediately welcomed by critics and readers. This revised and updated edition makes it more useful for students and for the general reader concerned with the broad sweep of China's past.
Book Synopsis Chinese History and Culture by : Ying-shih Yü
Download or read book Chinese History and Culture written by Ying-shih Yü and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recipient of the Kluge Prize for lifetime achievement in the humanities and the Tang Prize for "revolutionary research" in Sinology, Ying-shih Yü is a premier scholar of Chinese studies. Chinese History and Culture volumes 1 and 2 bring his extraordinary oeuvre to English-speaking readers. Spanning two thousand years of social, intellectual, and political change, the essays in these volumes investigate two central questions through all aspects of Chinese life: what core values sustained this ancient civilization through centuries of upheaval, and in what ways did these values survive in modern times? From Yü Ying-shih's perspective, the Dao, or the Way, constitutes the inner core of Chinese civilization. His work explores the unique dynamics between Chinese intellectuals' discourse on the Dao, or moral principles for a symbolized ideal world order, and their criticism of contemporary reality throughout Chinese history. Volume 1 of Chinese History and Culture explores how the Dao was reformulated, expanded, defended, and preserved by Chinese intellectuals up to the seventeenth century, guiding them through history's darkest turns. Essays incorporate the evolving conception of the soul and the afterlife in pre- and post-Buddhist China, the significance of eating practices and social etiquette, the move toward greater individualism, the rise of the Neo-Daoist movement, the spread of Confucian ethics, and the growth of merchant culture and capitalism. A true panorama of Chinese culture's continuities and transition, Yü Ying-shih's two-volume Chinese History and Culture gives readers of all backgrounds a unique education in the meaning of Chinese civilization.
Book Synopsis The China Questions 2 by : Maria Adele Carrai
Download or read book The China Questions 2 written by Maria Adele Carrai and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The China Questions 2 assembles top experts to explore key issues in US–China relations today, including conflict over Taiwan, economic and military competition, public health concerns, and areas of cooperation. Rejecting a new Cold War mindset, the authors call for dealing with the world’s most important bilateral relationship on its own terms.
Book Synopsis The Song-Yuan-Ming Transition in Chinese History by : Paul Jakov Smith
Download or read book The Song-Yuan-Ming Transition in Chinese History written by Paul Jakov Smith and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume seeks to study the connections between two well-studied epochs in Chinese history: the mid-imperial era of the Tang and Song (ca. 800-1270) and the late imperial era of the late Ming and Qing (1550-1900). Both eras are seen as periods of explosive change, particularly in economic activity, characterized by the emergence of new forms of social organization and a dramatic expansion in knowledge and culture. The task of establishing links between these two periods has been impeded by a lack of knowledge of the intervening Mongol Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). This historiographical "black hole" has artificially interrupted the narrative of Chinese history and bifurcated it into two distinct epochs. This book aims to restore continuity to that historical narrative by filling the gap between mid-imperial and late imperial China. The contributors argue that the Song-Yuan-Ming transition (early twelfth through the late fifteenth century) constitutes a distinct historical period of transition and not one of interruption and devolution. They trace this transition by investigating such subjects as contemporary impressions of the period, the role of the Mongols in intellectual life, the economy of Jiangnan, urban growth, neo-Confucianism and local society, commercial publishing, comic drama, and medical learning.
Book Synopsis Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History by : Handa Lin
Download or read book Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History written by Handa Lin and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Chinese History in Geographical Perspective by : Yongtao Du
Download or read book Chinese History in Geographical Perspective written by Yongtao Du and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2013-01-30 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors in this volume believe that long-term, profound, and sometimes tumultuous changes in the last five hundred years of the history of China have been no less geographical than social, political, or economic. From the dialectics of local-empire relations to the imperial state’s persistent array of projects for absorbing and transforming ethnic regions on the margins of empire; from the tripling of imperial territories in the Qing to the disputes over the identity of the former “outer zones” in the early Republican era; and from the universalistic imagination of “all-under-heaven” to the fraught processes of re-drawing a new set of nation-state boundaries in the twentieth century, the study of the dynamics of geography, broadly conceived, promises to provide insight into the contested development of the geographical entity which we, today, call 'China.'
Author :Endymion Wilkinson Publisher :Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series ISBN 13 :9780674260184 Total Pages :1124 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (61 download)
Book Synopsis Chinese History, Volume 1 by : Endymion Wilkinson
Download or read book Chinese History, Volume 1 written by Endymion Wilkinson and published by Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 1124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sixth edition of Chinese History: A New Manual, revised and expanded to two volumes, includes the latest developments in digital tools and the ancillary disciplines essential for work on Chinese history. Volume 1 covers topics ranging from Language to Technology. Volume 2 presents primary and secondary sources chronologically by period.
Book Synopsis China: A History (Volume 2) by : Harold M. Tanner
Download or read book China: A History (Volume 2) written by Harold M. Tanner and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available in one or two volumes, this accessible, yet rigorous, introduction to the political, social, and cultural history of China provides a balanced and thoughtful account of the development of Chinese civilization from its beginnings to the present day. Each volume includes ample illustrations, a full complement of maps, a chronological table, extensive notes, recommendations for further reading and an index. Volume 1: From Neolithic Cultures through the Great Qing Empire (10,000 BCE—1799). Volume 2: From the Great Qing Empire through the People's Republic of China (1644—2009).
Book Synopsis The History of China, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) by : Demetrius Charles Boulger
Download or read book The History of China, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Demetrius Charles Boulger and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-03 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The History of China, Vol. 2 of 2 The name Water-lily was chosen on account of the popularity of that plant. M. Huc says, The poets have celebrated it in their verses, on account of the beauty of its flowers the doctors of reason have placed it among the ingredients for the elixir of immortality and the economists have extolled it for its utility. Chinese Empire, vol. Ii. Pp. 309-10. Peleen brotherhood, which, far from being crushed by Imperial edicts, and by the failure in the streets of Pekin, declared itself Openly inimical to the constituted authorities, and did its best to meet force by force. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis A Sketch of Chinese History, Ancient and Modern 2 Volume Set by : Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff
Download or read book A Sketch of Chinese History, Ancient and Modern 2 Volume Set written by Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff and published by . This book was released on 2015-01-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1834 two-volume work sought to diminish Anglophone ignorance of China's history from mythological times to the ruling Qing dynasty.
Book Synopsis Chinese History Made Easy, Vol. 2 (Chinese Edition) by : Hanson Chan
Download or read book Chinese History Made Easy, Vol. 2 (Chinese Edition) written by Hanson Chan and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the Chinese original of the popular version of Chinese History Made Easy (volume 2: The Modern Time) by Hanson Chan .The author stresses that Chinese history is easy, and that it is easy to learn, easy to understand, and easy to remember. In his two books on China, the author shows the readers a simple way of how easy it can be. For an overall outline, he has divided the entire five thousand years of history of China into three sections. Consecutively, they are: (1) The Ancient Period, (2) The Imperial Ages, and (3) The Modern Times. In which the Ancient Period deals with the section of its myths and origins, and its ancestors and rulers before the Qin Dynasty was formed in 221 BC. The Imperial Ages tells the section began with the First Emperor of China who was enthroned in 221 BC during the Qin Dynasty until the Last Emperor who abdicated under the Qing Dynasty in 1912. As for the section of the Modern Times, the author discusses the events that had happened after the Revolution in 1911 till the days of the present.In his easy-to-follow presentation, the author has purposely introduced three “conceptual imageries” for readers to relate to the historical progress of the entire span in Chinese history. Each has its own feature for the readers to recall its characteristic. One for each section, they are great helps to reinforce one's memory. Throughout the pages of these two volumes, he has selected and focused systematically on important events and major figures for discussion according to their similarities and differences. In addition, he uses simple arithmetic to recall historical dates, and concentrates on lessons of successes and failures that have shaped the continuity of Chinese culture as a whole.It is the written style and simplicity of the book that has attracted numerous readers of the young in China ever since its first publication in 2008.
Book Synopsis A Beginner's Guide to Chinese History (Part 2) by : Jia Ming Wang
Download or read book A Beginner's Guide to Chinese History (Part 2) written by Jia Ming Wang and published by Ming Mandarin. This book was released on 2021-03-18 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is Part 2 (中册, Zhōngcè) of introduction to Chinese History. The current volume introduces you to 3 main topics of the ancient history: A. Qin Dynasty, B. Han Dynasty, and C. Tang Dynasty. All the chapters contain English, simplified characters, and pinyin. The important words from the main text have been provided separately for the readers to improve their Chinese vocabulary. Kindle Edition: www.amazon.com/dp/B08ZFMZQ8R Paperback Edition: www.amazon.com/dp/1954879075 China has witnessed numerous ups and downs in its 5000 year-long socio-cultural history. Many customs and practices prevalent in the modern Chinese society can be traced back to the events in Chinese history. Chinese history is full of interesting facts and events. Indeed, it's great to get to know Chinese history. A Chinese learner is expected to have a basic sense of Chinese history. When you are learning Mandarin Chinese, you should make sure to get familiarize with the Chinese history and culture. The books in Chinese History series will help you discover China's glorious past. There are three pasts of the introductory title "Chinese History". We will start from the primitive society, gradually dig various ruling dynasties, and finally, discover contemporary China. This book is essentially a Chinese reading practice book. It will help you learn to read Chinese books. Free online Mandarin Chinese lessons (Ming Mandarin): www.MingMandarin.com -Jia Ming
Book Synopsis The Cambridge History of China: Volume 2, The Six Dynasties, 220-589 by : Albert E. Dien
Download or read book The Cambridge History of China: Volume 2, The Six Dynasties, 220-589 written by Albert E. Dien and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Six Dynasties Period (220-589 CE) is one of the most complex in Chinese history. Written by leading scholars from across the globe, the essays in this volume cover nearly every aspect of the period, including politics, foreign relations, warfare, agriculture, gender, art, philosophy, material culture, local society, and music. While acknowledging the era's political chaos, these essays indicate that this was a transformative period when Chinese culture was significantly changed and enriched by foreign peoples and ideas. It was also a time when history and literature became recognized as independent subjects and religion was transformed by the domestication of Buddhism and the formation of organized Daoism. Many of the trends that shaped the rest of imperial China's history have their origins in this era, such as the commercial vibrancy of southern China, the separation of history and literature from classical studies, and the growing importance of women in politics and religion.
Book Synopsis The History of China, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) by : Demetrius Charles Boulger
Download or read book The History of China, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Demetrius Charles Boulger and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-18 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The History of China, Vol. 1 of 2 Fourteen years have elapsed since the publication of the third and concluding volume of this History. In that period the subject of the Chinese Empire and people has become of greater interest and more direct moment, not only to the English reader, but to the world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Sketch of Chinese History, Vol. 2 of 2 by : Charles Gutzlaff
Download or read book Sketch of Chinese History, Vol. 2 of 2 written by Charles Gutzlaff and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-18 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Sketch of Chinese History, Vol. 2 of 2: Ancient and Modern; Comprising a Retrospect of the Foreign Intercourse and Trade With China; Illustrated by a New and Corrected Map of the Empire Grew more wealthy and bold; and in order properly to regulate the affairs of their country, which is very extensive, divided it into seven principalities. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
