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The recipient of the Kluge Prize for lifetime achievement in the
humanities and the Tang Prize for "revolutionary research" in
Sinology, Ying-shih Yu 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 Yu'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 Yu'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 Yu
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.
The recipient of the Kluge Prize for lifetime achievement in the
humanities and the Tang Prize for "revolutionary research" in
Sinology, Ying-shih Yu 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 Yu 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, Yu Ying-shih's two-volume
Chinese History and Culture gives readers of all backgrounds a
unique education in the meaning of Chinese civilization.
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