Confucius and China in the Modern Age (Volume 2)
Author: Lin Ganguan, Tian Renlong, Zhai Qingfu
Translated by Chi Zhen
ISBN: 978-1-84464-662-3
E--ISBN: 9781844646630
Hardback - 406 pages
April 2021
English
£75 €90 $120
Description:
This book draws together the contrasting strands of academic material on the advancement and impact of Confucianism within modern day China. Edited by China’s foremost expert in this field, this new title examines the events from the 20th and 21st centuries to help unravel the reasons why Confucius belief endured within a rapidly modernising China. Kong Fu-Tzu and Confucianism have undergone dramatic ups and downs during the 20th century in China and the ideological and political struggle between the groups who worships Confucius and anti-Confucius has existed for half a century. After the Culture Revolution, the study of Kong Fu-Tzu and Confucianism are able to be studied without any political meddling and has achieved great success. However, the academic field is still holding different opinions towards this. This book has tried to sort out Kong Fu-Tzu and Confucianism’s history in last century and analyzes some important topics and issues with evidence. It’s also given readers some new opinions about several questions, through which we could learn more about intellectual history, academic history and political history of modern China.
Content:
Chapter 9 Studies in Confucius and His Thinking in the Early People’s Republic of China (1949-1966)
The Confucian Studies in the Perspective of Historical Materialism
The Study in Confucius and the Periodization of Ancient Chinese History
The Criteria for Evaluating Confucius and His Thinking
Confucius’s Attitude to the Politics and His Political Thoughts
The Nuclei of Confucius’s Thinking
Confucius’s Philosophical and Educational Thinking
The Critical Inheritance of Confucius’s Intellectual Heritage
Chapter 10 Studies in Confucius and His Thinking in Era of Reform and Opening-up (1978-Present): Part I
The Upsurge in Confucian Study in New Era
Methodology and the True/False Confucius
The Key Constituents of Confucius’s Thinking
Chapter 11 Studies in Confucius and His Thinking in Era
of Reform and Opening-up (1978-Present): Part II
Confucius’s Philosophical Thinking
Confucius’s Ethics
Confucius’s Educational Thinking
Confucius’s Political Thinking
Confucius’s Economic Thinking
Confucius’s Legal Thinking
Confucianism: A Religion?
Confucianism and Chinese Modernity
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Author:
Lin Ganquan is the editor of China’s Historical Research Magazine. Previous positions include Director of the Institute of Historical Research at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Member of the State Council Published Ancient Books Arrangement & Planning Group, Vice Chairman of Editing & Publishing Committee of Guo Moruo's works, Presidium Member & Vice Chairman of China History Institute, President & adviser in Chinese History of Qin and Han Dynasties Research Association, President of Guo Moruo Research Association in China. Lin Ganquan is currently the Presidium Member of The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (literature & philosophy department) and Professor at the Institute of History Research at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.