Focusing on the ancient Chinese academy, a unique cultural and educational organization in the Chinese history, this two-volume set explores the interaction between academies and Confucianism, education, social politics, and regional culture. Inaugurated in the Tang dynasty and eventually abolished in the late Qing dynasty, the academy exerts extensive and profound influences on the ancient Chinese culture, politics, and social life. The first volume revisits the inception and development from a socio-cultural perspective; and examines the reciprocity and thriving relationships between the academy and schools of Confucianism in the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties. Centering around the social, political and cultural significance of the academy, the second volume looks into the role that the academy played in social control and governance, ritual, education and academia, as well as the burgeoning of regional cultures. The set will be a useful reference for scholars, students and general readers interested in cultural history, intellectual history, and educational history of ancient China, and especially the Chinese academy culture.

The three-volume set gives new insights into Hegel's dialectics and thereby his overall philosophical thought via a retracing of the origins of dialectics and an analysis of its logic structure, with the concept of the Nous highlighted as fundamental to this. The first volume explores two origins of Hegelian dialectics from ancient Greek philosophy, namely the linguistic spirit of Logos and the existentialist spirit of Nous, before illuminating how their binary opposition, division and unification constitutes the inner tension of Hegel's dialectics and developing into the forms of thought that fashion the history of western philosophy. Focusing on self-negation and reflective form of dialectics, and representing spirits of Nous and Logos respectively, the second volume further explores their core functions in terms of subjectivity, free spirit and practicality. In the final volume, the author defines Hegel's dialectics as "a unity of three": logic, epistemology and ontology. This unification and the interrelation of three components demonstrates the internal feature of Hegel's dialectics as well as the connection and divergence between Hegel and Marx's philosophical thought. The title will appeal to scholars and students interested in Hegel and Marx's philosophy, German classical philosophy and Western philosophy.

A groundbreaking work on Chinese linguistics by a distinguised linguist A full picture of phonetical system from old Chinese to modern Chinese Illustrated with concrete examples

A groundbreaking work on Chinese linguistics by a distinguised linguist A full picture of phonetical system from old Chinese to modern Chinese Illustrated with concrete examples

A groundbreaking work on Chinese linguistics by a distinguised linguist A full picture of phonetical system from old Chinese to modern Chinese Illustrated with concrete examples

Studies the ancient Chinese academy from a socio-cultural historical perspective Investigates the relationship between the academy, Confucianism, politics, and society A vivid presentation of Chinese culture and how the academy functions in the various aspects of ancient Chiense society

Studies the ancient Chinese academy from a socio-cultural historical perspective Investigates the relationship between the academy, Confucianism, politics, and society A vivid presentation of Chinese culture and how the academy functions in the various aspects of ancient Chiense society

a study of the limitation of a Western classical philosopher in the field of professional a macro-analysis of the whole western philosophy from ancient Greece to contemporary context, taking Hegel as a representative figure of Western metaphysics as a sample and Chinese philosophy as a contrast clarifies many misunderstandings in Hegel's dialectics and refreshes people's views on Hegel's philosophy

a study of the limitation of a Western classical philosopher in the field of professional a macro-analysis of the whole western philosophy from ancient Greece to contemporary context, taking Hegel as a representative figure of Western metaphysics as a sample and Chinese philosophy as a contrast clarifies many misunderstandings in Hegel's dialectics and refreshes people's views on Hegel's philosophy

a study of the limitation of a Western classical philosopher in the field of professional a macro-analysis of the whole western philosophy from ancient Greece to contemporary context, taking Hegel as a representative figure of Western metaphysics as a sample and Chinese philosophy as a contrast clarifies many misunderstandings in Hegel's dialectics and refreshes people's views on Hegel's philosophy

The book is a collection of fifteen introductory essays excerpted from the Annual of Contemporary Art in China, covering the years from 2005 to 2019, showcasing the development and changing landscapes of contemporary art in China. The Annual documents exhibitions, events, creative practices, and critical literature concerning contemporary art in China since 2005. Based on archival documentation and statistics data from these annuals, notable phenomena, events, and discourses from a given year, as well as key works and artists are reviewed in each introduction, with no ideological or market-driven undertone. The author unravels industrial and institutional factors, while also broaching important issues of abstract art, new media art and so on, and probing the historical and socio-cultural context as well. In this regard, the book offers a panorama of contemporary Chinese art and critically engages with the art scene in China, including Hongkong, Taiwan, and among the Chinese diaspora. The title will appeal to scholars, students and general readers interested in contemporary art history, art criticism, contemporary Chinese art, iconography, and contemporary art theory.