Criticism and Inheritance (Chinese Confucian Studies in the Second Half of the 20th Century)

Author: Xu Qingwen
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: The issue of how traditional Chinese culture is inherited has long troubled scholars of the 20th century. This book takes the study of Confucius in the latter half of the 20th century as its main thread, examining Confucian studies in four different periods—the first 17 years before the "Cultural Revolution," the "Cultural Revolution" itself, the period of ideological liberation, and the 1990s—through three perspectives: the academic environment, research methods, and the research subjects. It also provides a comprehensive analysis of how modern Neo-Confucians in Hong Kong and Taiwan have upheld Confucianism. By doing so, it aims to demonstrate the winding historical process of Confucian studies in the latter half of the 20th century and infer its reasonable future direction from this historical context.