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In Search of Wealth and Power - Yen Fu and the West (Paperback, Revised)
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In Search of Wealth and Power - Yen Fu and the West (Paperback, Revised)
Series: Harvard East Asian Series
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In a serious effort to divine the secret of the West's success in
achieving wealth and power, Yen Fu, a Chinese thinker, undertook,
at the turn of the century, years of laborious translation and
commentary on the work of such thinkers as Spencer, Huxley, Adam
Smith, Mill, and Montesquieu. In addition to the inevitable
difficulties involved in translating modern English into classical
Chinese, Yen Fu was faced with the formidable problem of
interpreting and making palatable many Western ideas which were to
a large extent antithetical to traditional Chinese thought. In an
absorbing study of Yen Fu's translations, essays, and commentaries,
Benjamin Schwartz examines the modifications and consequent
revaluation of these familiar works as they were presented to their
new audience, and analyzes the impact of this Western thought on
the Chinese culture of the time. Drawing on a unique knowledge of
both intellectual traditions, Schwartz describes the diverse and
complex effects of this confrontation of Eastern and Western
philosophies and provides a new vantage point to assess and
appreciate these two disparate worlds.
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