02711nam 22005895 450 991063392690332120251009105935.09789811965739(electronic bk.)978981196572210.1007/978-981-19-6573-9(MiAaPQ)EBC7150698(Au-PeEL)EBL7150698(CKB)25510548700041(OCoLC)1352974524(DE-He213)978-981-19-6573-9(EXLCZ)992551054870004120221130d2022 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAdam Smith and Yan Fu: Western Economics in Chinese Perspective /by Cheng-chung Lai1st ed. 2022.Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :Imprint: Springer,2022.1 online resource (101 pages)Economics and Finance SeriesPrint version: Lai, Cheng-chung Adam Smith and Yan Fu: Western Economics in Chinese Perspective Singapore : Springer,c2023 9789811965722 Includes bibliographical references.Overview -- Spread of The Wealth of Nations -- Reception of The Wealth of Nations -- Traduttore Traditore -- Yan Fu’s understanding of The Wealth of Nations -- Yan Fu’s Economic Ideas -- Epilogue.This book examines at a static level how Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations (1776) was introduced into China at the turn of the twentieth century. In a dynamic socio-economic context, Yan Fu (1854-1921) had The Wealth of Nations in mind as a prescription for China's "Wealth and Power". This book aims answer the question of whether The Wealth of Nations, a book which advocates laissez-faire, free trade, and minimum governance helpful for China with very different economic conditions and modes of thought to the West and goes on to reexamine Yan Fu's economic ideas through a modern economics perspective.Economics and Finance SeriesEuropeEconomic conditionsAsiaEconomic conditionsPhilosophy, ChineseEuropean EconomicsAsian EconomicsChinese PhilosophyEuropeEconomic conditions.AsiaEconomic conditions.Philosophy, Chinese.European Economics.Asian Economics.Chinese Philosophy.330.153Lai Cheng-chung1255808MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910633926903321Adam Smith and Yan Fu2994664UNINA