20th Century Study of Confucianism Great Series (Complete 21 Volumes)

Author: Fu Yongju
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Publishing Date: 2003-12-01
Features: "The Great Series of Confucian Studies in the 20th Century" is the cornerstone of our institution's academic research. It is a large-scale, relatively complete, and specialized Confucian studies series. This series aims to comprehensively reflect the achievements and standards of Confucian studies by scholars over the past century by selecting representative papers and works since the 20th century. It serves as a systematic academic reference for further Confucian studies in the new century.
"The Great Series of Confucian Studies in the 20th Century" consists of 21 volumes, each divided into three parts:
1. Introduction: Each volume's introduction is an academic paper on the specific topic of the volume. The 21 volumes cover: Studies on Confucius, Studies on the Confucian School, Studies on Confucian Classics, Modern Confucian Studies, Confucian Economic Thought, Confucian Religious Thought, Confucian Ethical Thought, Confucian Historical Thought, Comparative Confucianism and Taoism, Confucianism and Western Philosophy, Studies on the Dissemination of Confucianism, Studies on Confucian Philosophical Thought, Studies on Confucian Educational Thought, Studies on Confucian Political Thought, Studies on Confucian Management Thought, Studies on Confucian Literary Thought, Studies on Confucian Aesthetic Thought, Comparative Confucianism and Buddhism, Confucian Studies in Japan and Korea, Studies on Confucian Cultural Thought, and Confucianism and Pragmatism. Each volume's introduction is 30,000 to 50,000 words, providing a systematic review and reflection on the topic. The 21 introductions are carefully researched by professors and experts, and together with the introductory essays, they form a million-word monograph titled A Review and Reflection on Confucian Studies in China in the 20th Century.
2. Main Body: This section selects representative papers and excerpts from works on the specific topic, arranged by the time of publication, category of topic, and chronological order of documents. The selected texts are primarily representative or academically valuable articles on the topic. The compilers provide brief introductions to the authors' lives and academic thought characteristics, as well as concise guides or hints for the selected texts. The 21 volumes of selected texts total over 10 million words, compiling the achievements of Confucian studies over the past century and providing a systematic academic reference for future research.
3. Bibliography Selection: Each volume selects a carefully curated bibliography of works and papers related to the specific topic, systematically reflecting the century-long journey of Confucian studies on the topic. It offers researchers valuable bibliographic references and serves as a guide for readers to understand Confucian studies over the past century.
The three parts of "The Great Series" are inseparably linked and reflect the compilation philosophy of combining exposition and creation, with mutual support. The selected texts and bibliography sections are "exposition," aiming to comprehensively reflect the academic standards of Confucian studies over the past century through selecting representative papers, works, and bibliographies of specialized research. The introduction of each volume, however, is an academic paper by the volume's editor on the specific topic, emphasizing "creation" and showcasing the editor's unique academic thought and standards.
"The Great Series of Confucian Studies in the 20th Century" organizes its content chronologically, with representative figures and their academic views as the threads, comprehensively summarizing and reviewing the academic achievements of Confucian studies in China over the past century. It fully demonstrates the spiritual of different ideological schools at various historical stages of the 20th century in Confucian studies or academic debates. It clarifies the relationship between Confucian studies over the past century and the development of modern academic thought in China, elaborates on the trends and psychological evolutions in Confucian studies, and explores the future directions of Confucian studies or its development. It is a century-long annual of modern Confucian studies in China, laying a solid foundation for Confucian studies in the new century.
Mr. Zhang Dainian, a great philosopher in China, remarked: "The Great Series has been included in the National Social Science Fund Planning Project and published by Zhonghua Book Company. This is a highly meaningful contribution to promoting and nurturing the spirit of the Chinese nation, and I am deeply gratified." Before his passing, he wrote a lengthy preface to the series, highly praising it, which represents the general consensus among domestic scholars on the academic value of the series. On February 15, 2005, Guangming Daily reviewed "The Great Series of Confucian Studies in the 20th Century" with the title "A Collection of Splendid Gems." The review stated that the series, "rooted in the present while looking back at history," provides a panoramic historical review of Confucian studies in the 20th century, reflecting contemporary academic insights and perspectives, and represents another diligent construction in the study of Confucius and Confucianism. Relevant academic journals such as Studies on Confucius, Qilu Academic Journal, China Education News, and Zhonghua Reading News also published special articles reviewing the series.
On September 28, 2003, "The Great Series of Confucian Studies in the 20th Century" held a grand launch ceremony at the Confucius Institute. At the ceremony, leaders such as Gu Mu, Jiang Chunyun, and Wang Bingqian, as well as academic organizations like the International Confucian Association, sent congratulatory letters, highly praising the public publication of the series as a significant achievement in the field of Confucian studies. They regarded the series as a publication with great academic value.
On July 28, 2004, the National Social Science Fund Planning Office issued a completion certificate for the project "Confucian Studies in 20th-Century China." The "Shandong Social Science Planning Information" published by the Shandong Social Science Planning Management Office included an announcement in its 12th issue (2004) confirming the National Social Science Fund Planning Office's full affirmation and praise of "The Great Series of Confucian Studies in the 20th Century" and provided a special introduction to the series in its 16th issue.
In December 2004, "The Great Series of Confucian Studies in the 20th Century" won the first prize in the 14th Jinjing Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award for Books. In April 2005, it received the second prize in the 19th Shandong Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award, and in the same year, it was awarded the first prize in the Shandong Education Department's Social Science Award. In 2004, "The Great Series of Confucian Studies in the 20th Century" was collected by the Shandong Library.
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