3 Review(s)

First published in 1958 These volumes analyze modern Chinese history and its inner process, from the pre-western plateau of Confucianism to the communist triumph, in the context of many themes: science, art, philosophy, religion and economic, political, and social change. Volume One includes: ? The critique of Idealism ? Science and Ch'ing empiricism ? The Ming style, in society and art ? Confucianism and the end of the Taoist connection ? Eclecticism in the area of native Chinese choices ? T'i and Yung ? The Chin-Wen School and the classical sanction ? The modern Ku-Wen opposition to Chin-Wen reformism ? The role of nationalism ? Communism ? Western powers and Chinese revolutions ? Language change and the problem of continuity