Du Yaqian's Writings

Author: Xu Jilin
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: Today, research on Eastern and Western cultures seems to be repeating some of the key arguments from the debates on Eastern and Western cultural issues before and after the May Fourth Movement. From Liang Qichao to Du Yaqian, there has always been a thread of adaptive transformation in modern Chinese intellectual history. This is precisely the purpose this book aims to present to its readers.
This book is a collection of Du Yaqian's philosophical essays, most of which are commentaries on politics, economics, and cultural and intellectual topics. They had a significant impact on the intellectual and cultural circles of the time. Studying his writings and intellectual lineage will greatly help in understanding the cultural trends of China at that time, analyzing the debates in the cultural and intellectual circles, summarizing the lessons of this historical period, and conducting future discussions and research on cultural and intellectual matters. Du Yaqian was a renowned scholar in early 20th-century China, who made significant contributions to introducing Western science and culture. His commentaries on social and political issues and his discussions on cultural and intellectual topics, published in The Eastern Journal, had a profound influence on the cultural circles of the time.
This book is the most comprehensive classified collection of Du Yaqian's articles to date. Previously, in 1993, the book Selected Works of Du Yaqian was published, and in 1999, an academic collection Yixi Ji — The Life and Thought of Du Yaqian was released, both of which garnered attention from scholars both at home and abroad.