A Three-Hundred-Year Academic History of China - (Illustrated Treasure Edition)

Author: Liang Qichao
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Publish Date: 2009-06-01
Features: This book provides a detailed study of the academic history of China during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, explaining the different stages of academic development and the reasons for their transformations. It analyzes the schools, representative figures, and typical works of the Qing Dynasty from philosophical and intellectual perspectives, offering numerous new insights and being recognized as an unprecedented masterpiece. A History of Modern Three Hundred Years of Chinese Academia, likely written between 1923 and 1925 spring, was originally lecture notes by Liang Qichao while teaching at institutions such as Tsinghua University and Nankai University. In this 16-lecture, over 200,000-word lecture series, the author comprehensively discusses nearly three centuries of academic changes, dozens of disciplinary overviews, hundreds of specialized treatises, and hundreds of Confucian scholars, covering both the broad and the detailed, analyzing thoroughly yet simply—truly representative of Liang’s academic writings. The book systematically elaborates on "Qing Studies" from various aspects, including introduction, general theory, Xinxue (Mind School), Jingxue (Classics School), philosophy, history, Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, Yan-Li Realism, and natural sciences, centering on learning and employing analysis as the means.