Western Learning's Eastward Spread and the Practical Learning of the Ming and Qing Dynasties--A Series of Doctoral Dissertations on Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism

Author: Li Zhijun
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: "The Eastward Spread of Western Learning and the Pragmatic Learning of the Ming and Qing Dynasties" comprehensively organizes and summarizes the Western learning introduced to China from the late Ming to the late Qing period, covering the interaction between Chinese and Western historical and cultural exchanges, the convergence in the field of science and technology, the response to the enlightenment of humanistic thought, and the inspiration for the transformation of modern education. It fully absorbs and references recent research achievements at home and abroad on the spread of Western learning to the East, classifying and summarizing materials. It also adopts the perspective and methods of pragmatic learning to organize and analyze materials and theories regarding the influence of Western enlightenment thought on China's humanistic, ethical, and ways of thinking since the Ming and Qing dynasties. Additionally, it conducts an in-depth and detailed analysis of the impact of Western education on China since modern times, examining the actual changes in modern Chinese educational innovation, pragmatic education, national defense education, and scientific thought, thereby revealing the underlying laws of China's modernization.