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The Qing Dynasty and Traditional Chinese Culture

Author : Richard J. Smith
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442221941
Total Pages : 625 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book The Qing Dynasty and Traditional Chinese Culture written by Richard J. Smith and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-10-23 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Qing dynasty (1636–1912)—a crucial bridge between “traditional” and “modern” China—was remarkable for its expansiveness and cultural sophistication. This engaging and insightful history of Qing political, social, and cultural life traces the complex interaction between the Inner Asian traditions of the Manchus, who conquered China in 1644, and indigenous Chinese cultural traditions. Noted historian Richard J. Smith argues that the pragmatic Qing emperors presented a “Chinese” face to their subjects who lived south of the Great Wall and other ethnic faces (particularly Manchu, Mongolian, Central Asian, and Tibetan) to subjects in other parts of their vast multicultural empire. They were attracted by many aspects of Chinese culture, but far from being completely “sinicized” as many scholars argue, they were also proud of their own cultural traditions and interested in other cultures as well. Setting Qing dynasty culture in historical and global perspective, Smith shows how the Chinese of the era viewed the world; how their outlook was expressed in their institutions, material culture, and customs; and how China’s preoccupation with order, unity, and harmony contributed to the civilization’s remarkable cohesiveness and continuity. Nuanced and wide-ranging, his authoritative book provides an essential introduction to late imperial Chinese culture and society.

The Routledge Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Culture

Author : Sin-wai Chan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315453479
Total Pages : 650 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Culture written by Sin-wai Chan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Culture offers an in-depth discussion of cultural aspects of China from the ancient period to the pre-modern era, lasting over 5,000 years, comprised of 7,000 word pieces by more than 20 world-leading academics and experts. Addressing areas such as China studies, cultural studies, cultural management, and more specific areas – such as religion, opera, Chinese painting, Chinese calligraphy, material culture, performing arts, and visual arts – this encyclopedia covers all major aspects of traditional Chinese culture. The volume is intended to be a detailed reference for graduate students on a variety of courses, and also for undergraduate students on survey courses to Chinese culture.

Introduction to Chinese Culture

Author : Guobin Xu
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811081565
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Chinese Culture written by Guobin Xu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-03-28 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Promoting cultural understanding in a globalized world, this text is a key tool for students interested in understanding the fundamentals of Chinese culture. Written by a team of experts in their fields, it offers a comprehensive and detailed introduction to Chinese culture and addresses the fundamentals of Chinese cultural and social development. It notably considers Chinese traditional culture, medicine, arts and crafts, folk customs, rituals and etiquette, and is a key read for scholars and students in Chinese Culture, History and Language.

Hawai‘i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture

Author : Victor H. Mair
Publisher : Latitude 20
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 764 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hawai‘i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture written by Victor H. Mair and published by Latitude 20. This book was released on 2005-01-31 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hawai‘i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture is a collection of more than ninety primary sources—all but a few of which were translated specifically for this volume—of cultural significance from the Bronze Age to the turn of the twentieth century. They take into account virtually every aspect of traditional culture, including sources from the non-Sinitic ethnic minorities.

Fifteen Lectures On Traditional Chinese Culture

Author : Peng-cheng Kung
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9811239770
Total Pages : 549 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Fifteen Lectures On Traditional Chinese Culture written by Peng-cheng Kung and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2022-01-10 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is edited based on a series of lectures on Chinese cultural history delivered at the Peking University in 2004. It stands out with its distinctive methodology and unique stand, and is popular with readers, with 17 reprints for the Chinese edition since 2006.Before the 1980s, traditional culture was often the target of criticisms and put in a negative light in China. After the 1980s, due to the belief that traditional culture can contribute to modernization, people decided to 'take its essence and discard its dregs'. As of today, most books on this theme have been written in accordance with this principle.However, in this book, the author argues that many problems have emerged from the modernization of the Western society, and thus the need for reflection and re-examining. Traditional Chinese culture is a source for comparison and reflection. As such, when we discuss traditional culture nowadays, not only should we excavate its long-hidden meanings, but we should also develop contrastive resources to facilitate our collaborative development in future.The discussions in this book adopt a vertical structure that begins with how Chinese define a human, followed by topics on the human body, Qi, food, male and female, home and state, the relationship between heaven and human beings, ritual systems, historical consciousness, thinking patterns, the art of expressing sentiments, commitments to the politics of virtues and achievements, and cultural practices. In every chapter, there is also a horizontal method of comparison on Chinese, Western and Indian cultures, to foreground the particularities and advantages of the Chinese culture.Apart from elaborating on the major characteristics of traditional Chinese culture, there is also a discussion on how the modern disdain for and misunderstandings of the traditional culture originated from the West. The author also elaborates on Montesquieu's views of China and the various misconceptions and misunderstandings of the traditional Chinese legal systems. Finally, it ends with the author's thoughts on the revitalization of the Chinese civilization.

A Glimpse of the Chinese Culture

Author : Lingyu Feng
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book A Glimpse of the Chinese Culture written by Lingyu Feng and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Traditional Chinese Culture

Author : 张岂之
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9787119057569
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (575 download)

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Download or read book Traditional Chinese Culture written by 张岂之 and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Characteristics of Chinese Cultural Spirit

Author : Qiyong Guo
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811648476
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book The Characteristics of Chinese Cultural Spirit written by Qiyong Guo and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-09-13 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses issues like the characteristics of Chinese cultural spirit, life wisdom of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism, the management wisdom of traditional Chinese culture, features of Chinese philosophy, as well as the definition of guoxue, or Chinese studies. Referring to previous research, the author defines the characteristics of the traditional Chinese cultural spirit as creating harmony amid diversity and viewing the outside world with a broad mind; being vigorous and self-motivated with tenacious vitality; taking benevolence and righteousness as supreme and being independent; considering people as the basis of the nation; thinking systematically and dialectically; and being pragmatic and thrifty. This book is beneficial to studies on cultural awareness, civilization comparison, as well as civilization exchange.

Chinese Culture in the 21st Century and its Global Dimensions

Author : Kelly Kar Yue Chan
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811527431
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (115 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Culture in the 21st Century and its Global Dimensions written by Kelly Kar Yue Chan and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-05-11 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the internationalization of Chinese culture in recent decades and the global dimensions of Chinese culture from comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives. It covers a variety of topics concerning the contemporary significance of Chinese culture in its philosophical, literary and artistic manifestations, including literature, film, performing arts, creative media, linguistics, translations and philosophical ideas. The book explores the reception of Chinese culture in different geographic locations and how the global reception of Chinese culture contrasts with the local Chinese community. The chapters collectively cover gender studies and patriarchal domination in Chinese literature in comparison to the world literature, explorations on translation of Chinese culture in the West, Chinese studies as an academic discipline in the West, and Chinese and Hong Kong films and performances in the global context. The book is an excellent resource for both scholars and students interested in the development of Chinese culture on the global stage in the 21st Century.

Speaking of Chinese

Author : Raymond Chang
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393321876
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Speaking of Chinese written by Raymond Chang and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2001 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This pleasant, unpretentious account [is] a small stream leading to the ocean of the culture of China."--Scientific American

Reinventing Chinese Tradition

Author : Ka-ming Wu
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252039881
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (398 download)

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Download or read book Reinventing Chinese Tradition written by Ka-ming Wu and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2015-11-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final destination of the Long March and center of the Chinese Communist Party's red bases, Yan'an acquired mythical status during the Maoist era. Though the city's significance as an emblem of revolutionary heroism has faded, today's Chinese still glorify Yan'an as a sanctuary for ancient cultural traditions. Ka-ming Wu's ethnographic account of contemporary Yan'an documents how people have reworked the revival of three rural practices--paper-cutting, folk storytelling, and spirit cults--within (and beyond) the socialist legacy. Moving beyond dominant views of Yan'an folk culture as a tool of revolution or object of market reform, Wu reveals how cultural traditions become battlegrounds where conflicts among the state, market forces, and intellectuals in search of an authentic China play out. At the same time, she shows these emerging new dynamics in the light of the ways rural residents make sense of rapid social change. Alive with details, Reinventing Chinese Tradition is an in-depth, eye-opening study of an evolving culture and society within contemporary China.

Chinese Buddhism and Traditional Culture

Author : Litian Fang
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317519094
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Buddhism and Traditional Culture written by Litian Fang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-11-21 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the first century, when Buddhism entered China, the foreign religion has influenced and been influenced in turn by traditional Chinese culture, and eventually became an important part of it. That is one of the great historical themes not only for China but also for East Asia. This book explores the elements of Buddhism, including its classics, doctrines, system, and rituals, to reveal the basic connotation of Buddhism as a cultural entity. Regarding the development of Buddhism in China, it traces the spread in chronological order, from the introduction in Han Dynasties (202 BC–220 AD), to the prosperity in the Sixteen Kingdoms (ca. 304–439 AD), and then to the decline since the Five Dynasties (907–ca. 960 AD). It is noteworthy that the Buddhist schools in the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420–589 AD) and the Buddhist sects in Sui and Tang Dynasties (581–907 AD) contributed to the sinicization of Buddhism. This book also deals with the interesting question of the similarities and differences between Chinese Buddhism and Indian Buddhism, to examine the specific characters of the former in terms of thought and culture. In the last chapter, the external influence of Chinese Buddhism in East Asia is studied. Scholars and students in Buddhism and Chinese culture studies, especially those in Buddhist countries, will benefit from the book. Also, it will appeal to readers interested in religion, Chinese culture, and ancient Chinese history.

Sourcebook of Traditional Chinese Culture

Author : Qizhi Zhang
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781592651252
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Sourcebook of Traditional Chinese Culture written by Qizhi Zhang and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A one-volume reader's guide to 5,000 years of traditional Chinese culture.

Chinese Mind

Author : Boye Lafayette De Mente
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462900410
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Mind written by Boye Lafayette De Mente and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chinese: understanding a people and their culture through key words and language. The Chinese Mind pinpoints areas of China's traditional values and behaviors that play a significant role in the business and social relationships of the Chinese. It also identifies key areas of Chinese culture that have changed as a result of the adoption of a market-based economy and other elements of Western culture. It includes discussion topics and questions, along with an extensive selection of Chinese "code words" that explain the essence and role of key elements of the traditional culture that have survived into modern times. Covering everything from the importance of Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher, to the influence of foreign fast food and video games, this book provides a wide-ranging glimpse into the seemingly opaque Chinese mind. The Chinese Mind is an excellent overview of Chinese tradition, history, and culture that is perfect for the classroom, tourists or outsiders living or doing business in China. Some of the vital concepts explored here include: Yin and Yang, the search for balance in all things Mianji, the importance of face Hong, looking at things holistically De, the power of virtue Guo cui, the national essence of the Chinese Zhong fu, the pursuit of insight Bi, unity the Chinese way

The Rhetoric of Hiddenness in Traditional Chinese Culture

Author : Paula M. Varsano
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 1438463030
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book The Rhetoric of Hiddenness in Traditional Chinese Culture written by Paula M. Varsano and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2016-12-09 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers the role of hiddenness in the history of cultural production in premodern China. This volume brings together fourteen essays that explore the role of hiddennessas both an object and a mode of representationin the history of cultural production in China from the Warring States Period (403221 BCE) to the end of the Qing Dynasty (1911) and beyond. The rhetorical use of various forms of hiddenness makes its appearance in literary, political, philosophical, and religious writings, as well as in the visual arts. Working in fields as disparate as traditional Chinese literature, religion, philosophy, history, medicine, and art, the contributors attempt to characterize one of the fundamental signifying practices in traditional Chinese cultural production. In the process, they not only reveal otherwise obscure patterns connecting longstanding social, political, aesthetic, and epistemological practices, but also contribute to ongoing discussionswell beyond the field of China studiesregarding the representation and communicability of knowledge, as well as the practices controlling its dissemination.

Keywords in Chinese Culture

Author : Li Wai-yee
Publisher : The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
ISBN 13 : 9882371191
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book Keywords in Chinese Culture written by Li Wai-yee and published by The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. This book was released on 2019-12-15 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like every major culture, Chinese has its set of keywords: pivotal terms of political, ethical, literary and philosophical discourse. Tracing the origins, development, polysemy, and usages of keywords is one of the best ways to chart cultural and historical changes. This volume analyzes some of these keywords from different disciplinary and temporal perspectives, offering a new integrative study of their semantic richness, development trajectory, and distinct usages in Chinese culture. The authors of the volume explore different keywords and focus on different periods and genres, ranging from philosophical and historical texts of the Warring States period (453-V221 BCE) to late imperial (ca. 6th?V18th centuries CE) literature and philosophy. They are guided by a similar set of questions: What elevates a mere word to the status of keyword? What sort of resonance and reverberations do we expect a keyword to have? How much does the semantic range of a keyword explain its significance? What kinds of arguments does it generate? What are the stories told to illustrate its meanings? What are political and intellectual implications of the keyword's reevaluation? What does it mean to translate a keyword and map its meaning against other languages? Throughout Chinese history, new ideas and new approaches often mean reinterpreting important words; rupture, continuities, and inflection points are inseparable from the linguistic history of specific terms. The premise of this book is that taking the long view and encompassing different disciplines yield new insights and unexpected connections. The authors, who come from the fields of history,

Hawai‘i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture

Author : Victor H. Mair
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824852354
Total Pages : 756 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book Hawai‘i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture written by Victor H. Mair and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2005-01-31 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hawai‘i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture is a collection of more than ninety primary sources—all but a few of which were translated specifically for this volume—of cultural significance from the Bronze Age to the turn of the twentieth century. They take into account virtually every aspect of traditional culture, including sources from the non-Sinitic ethnic minorities.