Western tide

Author: Jiang Menglin
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Publish Date: 1997-03-01
Features: Half a century ago, the English edition of this book was published in the United States and was well-received. Half a century later, reading this book still allows its recorded personal experiences and the questions it raises to linger in one's mind. The beautiful prose in the book always brings a sense of joy to reading, telling the story of the impact of Western industrialization on various aspects of Chinese society over the seventy years since the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894. The book contains a wealth of content, which is no wonder it generated significant after its English edition was published at Yale University in the United States in 1945. When the Chinese Daily News in Taiwan published "West Lake," which Jiang Menglin personally rewrote in Chinese, in 1959, the book also sold well. This book is not just about the personal growth history of a modern Chinese intellectual, but this personal history can actually be understood as the social and life experiences of Chinese society during the early stages of its modernization.