A Comprehensive History of Chinese Scholarship (Volume on the Qing Dynasty)

Author: Zhang Liewen (Editor-in-Chief) / Chen Qitai / Li Tingyong
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: The evolution of Chinese academia reached a period of summarization and innovation during the Qing Dynasty. Throughout the Qing Dynasty, due to multiple major social transformations, the academic style exhibited distinct phased characteristics. Broadly speaking, it can be divided into the vibrant and expansive early Qing period, the academically profound mid-Qing period, and the late Qing period marked by the spread of new learning. The early Qing period inherited the active academic environment of the late Ming Dynasty, with its academia both continuing traditions and undergoing significant transformations.