Social anomie and moral practice: Wu Mi and Wu Fangji

Author: Li Hanji
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: Wu Mi and Wu Fangji, despite both being cultural conservatives with shared intellectual pursuits, experienced stark differences in their public recognition. Whether in life or death, Wu Mi's prominence contrasted sharply with Wu Fangji's obscurity. If we set aside the utilitarian considerations of worldly status and return to a fresh observation of their historical context, we would discover that their relationship was extraordinary and witnessed different trajectories of moral practice among modern Chinese intellectuals. This book reconstructs the remarkable history of Wu Mi and Wu Fangji's interactions in a "harmonious" manner, following the chronological order.