TY - BOOK ID - 12069244 TI - Chinese history and culture. 1 : Sixth century B.C.E. to seventeenth century AU - Yu, Yingshi. AU - Chiu-Duke, Josephine AU - Duke, Michael S. PY - 2016 SN - 9780231178587 9780231178600 0231178603 9780231542012 0231542011 PB - New York Columbia University Press DB - UniCat KW - S04/0630 KW - S02/0200 KW - China: History--Sui and Tang: 589 - 907 KW - China: General works--Civilization and culture KW - China KW - History. KW - Civilization. KW - S04/0680 KW - S04/0790 KW - China: History--Qing: general: 1644 - 1912 KW - China: History--20th century, general: China KW - E-books KW - HISTORY / Asia / China. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:12069244 AB - The recipient of the Kluge Prize for lifetime achievement in the humanities and the Tang Prize for "revolutionary research" in Sinology, Ying-shih Yü is a premier scholar of Chinese studies. Chinese History and Culture volumes 1 and 2 bring his extraordinary oeuvre to English-speaking readers. Spanning two thousand years of social, intellectual, and political change, the essays in these volumes investigate two central questions through all aspects of Chinese life: what core values sustained this ancient civilization through centuries of upheaval, and in what ways did these values survive in modern times?From Yü Ying-shih's perspective, the Dao, or the Way, constitutes the inner core of Chinese civilization. His work explores the unique dynamics between Chinese intellectuals' discourse on the Dao, or moral principles for a symbolized ideal world order, and their criticism of contemporary reality throughout Chinese history. Volume 1 of Chinese History and Culture explores how the Dao was reformulated, expanded, defended, and preserved by Chinese intellectuals up to the seventeenth century, guiding them through history's darkest turns. Essays incorporate the evolving conception of the soul and the afterlife in pre- and post-Buddhist China, the significance of eating practices and social etiquette, the move toward greater individualism, the rise of the Neo-Daoist movement, the spread of Confucian ethics, and the growth of merchant culture and capitalism. A true panorama of Chinese culture's continuities and transition, Yü Ying-shih's two-volume Chinese History and Culture gives readers of all backgrounds a unique education in the meaning of Chinese civilization. ER -