A Concise Reader of Chinese Culture

by Chunsong Gan

Overview

This book uses the mutual interactions between Chinese and Western culture as a point of departure in order to concisely introduce the origins and evolution of Chinese culture at the aspects of constitution, thinking, values and atheistic. This book also analyzes utensil culture, constitution culture and ideology culture, which were perfected by absorbing classic arguments from academia. As such, the book offers an essential guide to understanding the development, civilization and key ideologies in Chinese history, and will thus help to promote Chinese culture and increase cultural awareness.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789811388668
Publisher:	Springer Nature Singapore
Publication date:	08/03/2019
Series:	China Insights
Edition description:	1st ed. 2019
Pages:	289
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Chunsong Gan (1965-) born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province. He is Ph.D. in Philosophy, and currently a professor at Peking University. His other duties include standing vice president of Chinese Confucius Academy and Thaishan Scholar at Chinese Research Institute of Confucius. His main research fields are Confucianism; ideology and culture in China. He published about 14 monographs and 18 papers. His major works include Constitutional Confucianism, Back to Wangdao: Confucianism and World Order, etc.

Table of Contents

One Archeological Discovery and the Origin of Chinese Culture.- The Country and its Constitutions and Customs.- Thoughts and Beliefs.- Art and Aesthetic.- Sino-foreign Cultural Exchanges and the Community with A Common Future.