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A Critical History of Classical Chinese Philosophy (review)

A Critical History of Classical Chinese Philosophy (review) Reviews 511 He Zhaowu and Peng Gang. A Critical History of Classical Chinese Philosophy. Translated by Ricky Jeffrey. Beijing: New World Press, 2009. 309 pp. Paperback rmb 38, isbn 978-7-5104-0537-2. Beginning with antiquity in the pre-Qin period before the warring states were unified by Emperor Qin Shihuang (221–210 c.e.), this book gives an excellent historical overview of the different strands of contending Chinese thought of what is best for Chinese society from a Chinese perspective. The author is He Zhaowu (何兆武), professor emeritus in the Department of History at Tsinghua University, Beijing. He is assisted by Peng Gang (彭刚), an assistant professor in that same department. Ricky Jeffrey provides a reader-friendly translation in English. e a Th uthor’s yardstick for measuring the different strands is modernization— driven by modern science, technology, critical thinking, and creativity. As an integral member of a Marxist tradition, the author is a firm believer in the myth of progress, as opposed to a predominant Chinese view of cyclical history supported by yin/yang dynamics. For him, the long course of Chinese history did resemble a pendulum, swaying forever between peace and tumult, flourishing and decay, order and disorder, prosperity and decline, unlike the [nineteenth] century http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png China Review International University of Hawai'I Press

A Critical History of Classical Chinese Philosophy (review)

Woo, Franklin J.
China Review International , Volume 16 (4) – Jul 13, 2011
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Reviews 511 He Zhaowu and Peng Gang. A Critical History of Classical Chinese Philosophy. Translated by Ricky Jeffrey. Beijing: New World Press, 2009. 309 pp. Paperback rmb 38, isbn 978-7-5104-0537-2. Beginning with antiquity in the pre-Qin period before the warring states were unified by Emperor Qin Shihuang (221–210 c.e.), this book gives an excellent historical overview of the different strands of contending Chinese thought of what is best for Chinese society from a Chinese perspective. The author is He Zhaowu (何兆武), professor emeritus in the Department of History at Tsinghua University, Beijing. He is assisted by Peng Gang (彭刚), an assistant professor in that same department. Ricky Jeffrey provides a reader-friendly translation in English. e a Th uthor’s yardstick for measuring the different strands is modernization— driven by modern science, technology, critical thinking, and creativity. As an integral member of a Marxist tradition, the author is a firm believer in the myth of progress, as opposed to a predominant Chinese view of cyclical history supported by yin/yang dynamics. For him, the long course of Chinese history did resemble a pendulum, swaying forever between peace and tumult, flourishing and decay, order and disorder, prosperity and decline, unlike the [nineteenth] century

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China Review International – University of Hawai'I Press

Published: Jul 13, 2011

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