China's transition to modernity :: the new classical vision of Dai Zhen /

"The figure of Dai Zhen (1724-1777) looms large in modern Chinese intellectual history. Dai was a mathematical astronomer and influential polymath who, along with like-minded scholars, sought to balance understandings of science, technology, and history within the framework of classical Chinese...

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1. Verfasser: Hu, Minghui
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Multiple
Veröffentlicht: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2015]
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Zusammenfassung:"The figure of Dai Zhen (1724-1777) looms large in modern Chinese intellectual history. Dai was a mathematical astronomer and influential polymath who, along with like-minded scholars, sought to balance understandings of science, technology, and history within the framework of classical Chinese writings. Exploring ideas in fields as broad-ranging as astronomy, geography, governance, phonology, and etymology, Dai grappled with Western ideas and philosophies, including Jesuit conceptions of cosmology, which were so important to the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) court's need for calendrical precision. Minghui Hu tells the story of China's transition to modernity from the perspective of 18th-century Chinese scholars who were dedicated to examining the present and past with the tools of evidential analysis. Using Dai as the centering point, Hu shows how the tongru ('broadly learned scholars') of this era navigated Confucian, Jesuit, and other worldviews during a dynamic period, connecting ancient theories to new knowledge in the process."--Publisher's Web site.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 285 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-273) and index.
ISBN:9780295806068
0295806060

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