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Record Nr.

UNINA9910156309403321

Autore

Chen Lai

Titolo

The Core Values of Chinese Civilization [[electronic resource] /] / by Lai Chen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

9789811033674

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 179 p.)

Disciplina

181

Soggetti

Philosophy, Asian

Ethnology—Asia

Non-Western Philosophy

Asian Culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

The Philosophical Foundations of Chinese Civilization -- The Values and Worldview of Chinese Civilization -- A Brief Account of the Development of the Chinese Intellectual Tradition -- The Rise and Development of Modern “Guoxue”.- Appendix.

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on the core values of western civilization, the author refines the counterparts in Chinese civilization, summarized as four core principles: duty before freedom, obedience before rights, community before individual, and harmony before conflict. Focusing on guoxue or Sinology as the basis of his approach, the author provides detailed explanations of traditional Chinese values.  Recent scholars have addressed the concept of guoxue since the modern age, sorting through it and piecing it together, which has produced an extremely abundant range of information. However, given that the concepts and theories involved have been left largely unanalyzed, this book develops a theoretical treatment of them in several important respects. First, it analyzes the mindset of guoxue, examining the dominant ideas and values of the era from which the term “guoxue” arose, focusing on its connection to early changes and trends in society and culture, and distinguishing three key phases of development. Past scholars mainly had in mind the range of objects studied in guoxue when defining it,



and what this book underscores is the meaning of guoxue as a modern body of research. Secondly, it assesses several phases in the modern evolution of the body of guoxue research from the beginning to the end of the 20th century, i.e., ending with the later phase of the National Heritage movement. Third and lastly, the book explores the various main modes of modern guoxue, which correspond step by step with the evolutionary phases of guoxue research.