China's Transition to Modernity

The New Classical Vision of Dai Zhen

Minghui Hu (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

298 Seiten

2015
University of Washington Press (Verlag)
978-0-295-99476-5 (ISBN)

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The figure of Dai Zhen (1724–1777) looms large in modern Chinese intellectual history. Dai was a mathematical astronomer and influential polymath who, along with like-minded scholars, sought to balance understandings of science, technology, and history within the framework of classical Chinese writings. Exploring ideas in fields as broad-ranging as astronomy, geography, governance, phonology, and etymology, Dai grappled with Western ideas and philosophies, including Jesuit conceptions of cosmology, which were so important to the Qing dynasty (1644–1911) court’s need for calendrical precision.

Minghui Hu tells the story of China’s transition into modernity from the perspective of 18th-century Chinese scholars dedicated to examining the present and past with the tools of evidential analysis. Using Dai as the centering point, Hu shows how the tongru (“broadly learned scholars”) of this era navigated Confucian, Jesuit, and other worldviews during a dynamic period, connecting ancient theories to new knowledge in the process.

Scholars and students of early modern Chinese history, and those examining science, religious, and intellectual history more broadly, will find China’s Transition to Modernity inspiring and helpful for their research and teaching.

Minghui Hu is associate professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Acknowledgments

1. The Man and His Times

2. How Jesuit Science Conquered the Kangxi Court

3. Searching for Truth in the Origins of Civilizations

4. How to Build a Coalition around Science

5. An Outsider Enters the Mainstream

6. How to Dethrone Jesuit Science

7. Bringing It Home to the Palace of LightMonumenta Serica

8. Legibility of Visionary Scholars

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Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.7.2015
Reihe/Serie	China's Transition to Modernity
Zusatzinfo	10 illus.
Verlagsort	Seattle
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	567 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
ISBN-10	0-295-99476-2 / 0295994762
ISBN-13	978-0-295-99476-5 / 9780295994765
Zustand	Neuware