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Confucian China and its modern fate: a trilogy
Joseph Richmond Levenson
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Frontmatter
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VOLUME ONE: THE PROBLEM OF INTELLECTUAL CONTINUITY (xix)
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PREFACE (page xxi)
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INTRODUCTION: THE SPECIAL AND GENERAL HISTORICAL QUESTS (page xxvii)
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Part One: The Tone of Early-Modern Chinese Intellectual Culture (page 1)
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I THE ABORTIVENESS OF EMPIRICISM IN EARLY CH'ING THOUGHT (page 3)
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II THE AMATEUR IDEAL IN MING AND EARLY CH'ING SOCIETY: EVIDENCE FROM PAINTING (page 15)
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INTERLUDE: CONFUSCIANISM AND THE END OF THE TAOIST CONNECTION (page 44)
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Part Two: Chinese Culture in its Modern Metamorphoses: The Tensions of Intellectual Choice (page 47)
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III ECLECTICISM IN THE AREA OF NATIVE CHINESE CHOICES (page 49)
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IV T'I AND YUNG--'SUBSTANCE' AND 'FUNCTION' (page 59)
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V THE CHIN-WEN SCHOOL AND THE CLASSICAL SANCTION (page 79)
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VI THE MODERN KU-WEN OPPOSITION, REACTIONARY AND REVOLUTIONARY, TO CHIN-WEN REFORMISM (page 86)
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VII THE ROLE OF NATIONALISM IN THE DISOWNING OF THE PAST (page 95)
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VIII EMPHASIS ON GENERAL VALIDITY: (I) AS A DEFENCE OF TRADITION (page 109)
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IX EMPHASIS ON GENERAL VALIDITY: (2) AS AN ATTACK ON TRADITION (page 117)
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X COMMUNISM (page 134)
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XI WESTERN POWERS AND CHINESE REVOLUTIONS: THE POLITICAL SIDE OF CULTURE CHANGE (page 146)
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CONCLUSION: A NEW VOCABULARY OR A NEW LANGUAGE? (page 156)
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NOTES (page 165)
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BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 204)
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VOLUME TWO: THE PROBLEM OF MONARCHICAL DECAY
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PREFACE (page v)
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Part One: The Suggestiveness of Vestiges: Confucianism and Monarchy at the Last (I) (page 1)
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I. THE DRAINING OF THE MONARCHICAL MYSTIQUE (page 3)
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Part Two: Tension and Vitality (page 23)
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II. CONFUCIANISM AND MONARCHY: THE BASIC CONFRONTATION (page 25)
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III. THE EVOLUTION OF THE CONFUCIAN BUREAUCRATIC PERSONALITY (page 35)
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IV. CONFUCIANISM AND CONFUCIANISM: THE BASIC CONFRONTATION (page 51)
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V. CONFUCIANISM AND MOINARCHY: THE LIMITS OF DESPOTIC CONTROL (page 60)
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Part Three: The Break in the Line of Tension (page 75)
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VI. BUREAUCRACY'S LONG IMPERVIOUSNESS TO SOCIAL REVOLUTION: THE ROLE OF CONFUCIANISM (page 77)
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VII. BUREAUCRACY'S VULNERABILITY: THE INTELLECTUAL POINT OF ATTACK (page 87)
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VIII. TAIPINGS STORM THE CONFUCIAN HAVEN (page 100)
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Part Four: The Vestige of Suggestiveness: Confucianism and Monarchy at the Last (II) (page 117)
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IX. THE MAKING OF AN ANACHRONISM (page 119)
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CONCLUSION: THE JAPANESE AND CHINESE MONARCHICAL MYSTIQUES (page 136)
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NOTES (page 140)
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BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 164)
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VOLUME THREE: THE PROBLEM OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
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PREFACE (page v)
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Part One: Out of History (page 1)
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I. A LITTLE LIFE; LIAO P'ING AND THE CONFUCIAN DEPARTURE FROM HISTORY (page 3)
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II. ILL WIND IN THE WELL-FIELD: THE EROSION OF THE CONFUCIAN GROUND OF CONTROVERSY (page 16)
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Part Two: Into History (page 45)
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III. THE PLACING OF THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS BY THEIR STUDIES OF THE PAST (page 47)
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IV. THE PLACE OF CONFUCIUS IN COMMUNIST CHINA (page 61)
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Part Three: Historical Significance (page 83)
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V. THEORY AND HISTORY (page 85)
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CONCLUSION (page 110)
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NOTES (page 126)
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BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 159)
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INDEX (page 177)
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Published: 1968
Publisher: University of California Press
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