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This book discusses Chinese and Western views of ethics in the areas of modernization, politics, education, and religion, with a particular focus on the question of the moral traditions in the context of social transformation in China today.
€115.00$149.00
The contents range from inscriptions on early bronzes, personal letters in early imperial China, medical case histories in late imperial China, fictional representations of private experiences, and Liang Qichao’s reevaluations of privacy to the values given to privacy by Lu Xun.
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An annotated translation of Zhou Mi’s (1232-1298) Record of Clouds and Mist Passing Before One’s Eyes (Yunyan guoyan lu). A valuable contribution to help broaden our understanding of the early care and transmission of artworks, the social dimensions of art collecting, and the development of a ...
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An investigation of the myth, history, inscriptions, architecture, sculpture, painting, iconological program, festival, rituals and theater of the only known intact ancient dragon king temple in China
€173.00$224.00
This volume is about the lasting impact of new (Western) notions on the 19th and early 20th century Chinese language; their invention, spread and standardization.
Topics examined range from preconceptions about the capacity of the Chinese language to accommodate foreign ideas, the formation of ...
€171.00$222.00
Xu Guangqi was one of the first promoters of Western science in China, worked together with the Jesuit Matteo Ricci on translations of Western science, was one of the first Chinese converts, a high-ranking statesman, organizer of a major calendar reform, introduced Western weapons into the ...
€206.00$267.00
This fascinating, richly-illustrated account of the translation of Western science - particularly chemistry - into late nineteenth-century China provides new insights both into the lives of the Chinese and foreign translators and into the processes and influences of science translation.
€171.00$222.00
Based on original sources, and dealing with the subject from the earliest dynasty up to modernity, this book uniquely combines chapters on strategy and tactics. Both scope and approach make it a must for historians of China, as well as those of (comparative) warfare.