Qian Mu and the World of Qifangqiao

Author: Deng Erlin, Lan Huai
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Publish Date: 1994-12-12
Features: This book attempts to explain why Mr. Qian Mu, a modern intellectual, could firmly believe in certain truths and dedicate his life to spreading them. From an early age, Mr. Qian Mu faced the issue of cultural relativism. And this issue, like all Chinese intellectuals, was imposed on them by Western political and economic expansion. However, unlike some who leaned toward Western enlightenment and rejected traditional Chinese culture, Qian Mu persistently promoted and revitalized China's traditional values over the past seventy years. Qian Mu's "opposition" was neither the past of culture nor the "modern" present; what Qian Mu found incompatible with China's reality were the standards promoted by Western culture.