China's Transition to Modernity (eBook)

The New Classical Vision of Dai Zhen

MINGHUI HU (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015
298 Seiten
University of Washington Press (Verlag)
978-0-295-80606-8 (ISBN)

Infos

The figure of Dai Zhen (17241777) 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 (16441911) courts need for calendrical precision.Minghui Hu tells the story of Chinas 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 Chinas Transition to Modernity inspiring and helpful for their research and teaching.

Autor

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

Inhalt

Acknowledgments1. The Man and His Times2. How Jesuit Science Conquered the Kangxi Court3. Searching for Truth in the Origins of Civilizations4. How to Build a Coalition around Science5. An Outsider Enters the Mainstream6. How to Dethrone Jesuit Science7. Bringing It Home to the Palace of LightMonumenta Serica8. Legibility of Visionary ScholarsNotesBibliographyIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.12.2015
• Verlagsort: Seattle
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: Asian Studies, Intellectual History, Biography
• ISBN-10: 0-295-80606-0 / 0295806060
• ISBN-13: 978-0-295-80606-8 / 9780295806068