Rising Tide Meets East Wind: Ten Lectures on Thought, Religion, and Scholarship in Late Qing and Early Republican China

Author: Ge Zhaoguang
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: This book is a collection of ten essays by the renowned scholar Professor Ge Zhaoguang on the thought, religion, and academia of the late Qing and early Republican periods. Professor Ge has long been dedicated to the study of intellectual history, academic history, and religious history, and in recent years has also focused on the history of China's interactions with its neighboring countries. His essays often revolve around how China, Japan, and Korea coped with the impact of the "Western Tide," and how China transformed under the influence of the "Eastern Wind." The issues frequently center on the history of Buddhism, intellectual history, and academic history. Therefore, in this book, Professor Ge provides both grand-scale critiques and detailed case analyses of the various responses of China's intellectual community to the dual entanglement and pressure of the "Eastern Wind" and the "Western Tide" during the tumultuous era of the late Qing and early Republican periods, showcasing his unique academic personality in both methodology and approach.