{"product_id":"chinese-history-and-culture-seventeenth-century-through-twentieth-century-volume-2-hardcover","title":"Chinese History and Culture: Seventeenth Century Through Twentieth Century, Volume 2 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYing-Shih Yü\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJosephine Chiu-Duke\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMichael Duke\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe recipient of the Kluge Prize for lifetime achievement in the humanities and the Tang Prize for \"revolutionary research\" in Sinology, Ying-shih Yü is a premier scholar of Chinese studies. \u003ci\u003eChinese History and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e 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? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Ying-shih Yü's perspective, the \u003ci\u003eDao\u003c\/i\u003e, or the Way, constitutes the inner core of Chinese civilization. His work explores the unique dynamics between Chinese intellectuals' discourse on the \u003ci\u003eDao\u003c\/i\u003e, or moral principles for a symbolized ideal world order, and their criticism of contemporary reality throughout Chinese history. Volume 2 of \u003ci\u003eChinese History and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e completes Ying-shih Yü'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 \u003ci\u003eHonglou meng\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eDream of the Red Chamber\u003c\/i\u003e) and the influence of Sun Yat-sen's \u003ci\u003eThree Principles of the People\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the radicalization of China in the twentieth century and the fundamental upheavals of modernization and revolution. Ying-shih Yü 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 \u003ci\u003eChinese History and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e clarifies its more curious turns and contemplates the importance of a renewed interest in the traditional Chinese values recognizing common humanity and human dignity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eYing-shih Yü is a preeminent historian of China. Awarded the John W. Kluge Prize for achievement in the Study of Humanity and the inaugural Tang Prize International Award in Sinology, he has published more than thirty books and five hundred articles and essays on Chinese history, thought, politics, and culture. His most recent works include \u003ci\u003eLun tian ren zhi ji\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eBetween Heaven and the Human: An Exploration of the Origin of Ancient Chinese Thought\u003c\/i\u003e, 2014), \u003ci\u003eZhu Xi de lishi shijie\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e(The Historical World of Zhu Xi: A Study of the Political Culture of Song Intellectuals, 2003, 2011), and Shi yu Zhongguo wenhua (Chinese Intellectuals and Chinese Culture, 2003, 2010, and 2013).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJosephine Chiu-Duke is associate professor of Chinese intellectual history in the Asian Studies Department at the University of British Columbia. She is the author of To Rebuild the Empire: Lu Chih's Confucian Pragmatist Approach to the Mid-T'ang Predicament\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), editor of \u003ci\u003eLiberalism and the Humanistic Tradition--Essays in Honor of Professor Lin Yü-sheng\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), and co-translator of Ge Zhaoguang's \u003ci\u003eAn Intellectual History of China, Volume 1: Knowledge, Thought, and Belief Before the Seventh Century C.E.\u003c\/i\u003e (2014). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael S. Duke is professor emeritus of Chinese and comparative literature at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of several books on modern and traditional Chinese literature, including \u003ci\u003eBlooming and Contending: Chinese Literature in the Post-Mao Era\u003c\/i\u003e (1985), translator of Koonchung Chan's \u003ci\u003eThe Fat Year\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), and co-translator of Ge Zhaoguang's \u003ci\u003eAn Intellectual History of China, Volume 1\u003c\/i\u003e (2014).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 27, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45302228582502,"sku":"9780231178600","price":147.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/dk1YYStMUlUzb01FSWNORWFMYnZqQT09.webp?v=1773996375","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/chinese-history-and-culture-seventeenth-century-through-twentieth-century-volume-2-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}