Kang Youwei and Modern Culture

Author: Fang Zhiqin, Wang Jie
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Culture is a polysemic term. Broadly speaking, it refers to the sum of material and spiritual wealth created in the historical development of human society; narrowly speaking, it refers to the ideology of society, primarily manifested in artistic images and theoretical forms recorded in writing and expressed through brushwork. This book is a collection of papers from the 2003 symposium "Kang Youwei and Modern Culture" held in Foshan City. From various perspectives, it provides an in-depth exploration, revealing the outline and essence of Kang Youwei's cultural views. It can be said that Kang Youwei's cultural activities and cultural theory construction represent a transitional cultural form that integrates both Chinese and foreign elements during the period of social transformation in modern China. It pioneered the New Culture Movement in modern China. Most of the papers in the book revolve around the central theme of the symposium, namely the impact of Kang Youwei's cultural and academic thoughts and practices on modern China. Some papers focus on Kang Youwei's two major disciples, Liang Qichao and Xu Qin, as well as Liang Dingfen and Yuan Shikai, who were once both allies and political rivals of Kang Youwei. The book presents novel content and thorough analysis. Many papers offer fresh perspectives on Kang Youwei's cultural views, providing insightful insights and holding significant theoretical and academic value.