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Record Nr.

UNINA9911003588403321

Autore

Xiong Tieji

Titolo

An Academic History of China’s Han Dynasty : Volume II Brilliant Academic Achievements / / by Tieji Xiong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025

ISBN

981-9968-35-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 188 p. 1 illus.)

Collana

Religion and Philosophy Series

Disciplina

181.11

Soggetti

Philosophy, Chinese

Religion

Taoism

China - History

Chinese Philosophy

Confucianism

Daoism

History of China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Development of Exegeses and Formation of Chinese Hermeneutics -- Pre-Qin Philosophers Study and Han Philosophers -- Establishment of Basic Forms of Ancient Chinese Historiography -- Most Advanced Astronomy and Geography in the World -- Deep-rooted Agronomy and Hydraulics.-Traditional Chinese Medicine: Both Materialistic and Dialectic.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the academic legacy of the Han dynasty. It explicates the line between the explaining of a classical text (训诂) and the study of classical texts and their interpretation (训诂学). The study of hermeneutics was developed already, including the Chinese specific figure, meaning, sound, interpretation, and rites and systems. It details analyses of the Confucian School, Daoist School, Yin-Yang School, Legalist School, Terminologist School, Mohist School, Political Strategist School, Syncretist School, Agriculturalist School, and Literalist School. Among important classical works of the Han Dynasty examined throughout the book Shiji, Hanshu and Hanji are deeply analysed.



Referring to various works during the Earlier and Later Han Dynasty, the author details categories of historiographical writing, i.e., the category of classical, official, and miscellaneous history, and different branches of analysis and interpretation. The book expatiates chapters on astronomy, mathematics, geography, agriculture, and medicine. Among these are the three theories on sky, the mathematics, map drawing, ox-plowing, an agricultural treatise, water project examinations, and the process of knowledge transfer and advancement in medicine during the Han Dynasty.