Learning and the Way: The Academic Path of Chinese Scholars (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Bing Zheng
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Features: We have had glory. In those exciting decades at the turn of the century, a group of scholars dedicated to establishing modern Chinese humanities and social sciences rose from chaos, shouted in the dark, farmed in ink, and taught in humble settings, setting us a shining example. Although their thoughts were limited by the times, their pursuit of knowledge was ardent, their academic rigor was strict, their knowledge was profound, and their courage to integrate Eastern and Western learning should be revered and emulated by later generations.
The author often reflects, if several decades pass, when later generations recall our generation, ask what we did, and what we left them, will we pass on the thoughts and demeanor of our academic predecessors to our students? This is the precious legacy left to us by history as humanistic and social science scholars, and it is also the heavy burden we must face and cannot avoid. Therefore, based on the publication of academic figures' introductions in the Frontline of Social Sciences magazine, we compiled the book Acquiring Knowledge and Pursuing the Way—The Academic Path of Chinese Scholars. In addition to the older masters and giants, we also selected some relatively active middle-aged and young scholars in recent years to allow readers to understand the academic trends of contemporary middle-aged and young scholars.
Based on the introductions in just one magazine, the selected figures are very limited, merely a tiny fraction of the numerous scholars in Chinese humanities and social sciences. Fortunately, as it is said that one can see a leopard in a tube, the book only presents a partial aspect of the thoughts and demeanor of academic figures in Chinese humanities and social sciences in the 20th century. We believe readers will understand our limited selections.