The Last 39 Years of Liang Shuming

Author: Liu Kedi
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: The later life of Master Liang Shuming, a generation of masters and cultural giants, continued his straightforward, solitary, tranquil, and detached personality. His life was one of seriousness, but it was precisely because of his seriousness that he became the protagonist of tragedy. Liang Shuming—a person who always claimed to be a Buddhist—was regarded as a famous social activist due to his series of social practices, and as a representative figure of New Confucianism due to his series of writings. So, how did he spend his nearly century-long life journey in 20th-century China? And compared to his earlier life, his later life was even more legendary. The narrative of this book begins in 1949. Liang Shuming—a person who always claimed to be a Buddhist—was regarded as a famous social activist due to his series of social practices, and as a representative figure of New Confucianism due to his series of writings. So, how did he spend his nearly century-long life journey in 20th-century China? And compared to his earlier life, his later life was even more legendary. The narrative of this book begins in 1949.