Late Ming and Early Qing Thought: Ten Arguments on Famous Topics - Special Lectures on Key Subjects

Author: Wang Fansen
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: The essays collected in this book are largely focused on the period from late Ming to the early Qing, and they are closely related to the grand narrative of "the transformation of Ming-Qing thought." However, the author deliberately explores issues that were overlooked by previous scholars. Therefore, the figures, materials, and themes discussed in the book do not necessarily fall within the general scope of familiar arguments. Through them, one can see that the "transformation of Ming-Qing thought" is a historical phenomenon with very complex content and diverse elements, and the shift from idealism to textual research is just one aspect of it. The essays collected in this book are not merely about discussing thought in isolation but rather attempt to examine it in conjunction with other historical factors. These factors may include moral tensions, changes in the intellectual community, the mindset of the era, the lives of scholars, local societies, political shifts, or official orthodox ideology. For the study of intellectual history, the essays included in this book represent new attempts.