Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction 1
5. From Gewu zhizhi to Building a New Moral Universe? 5
6. From Imperial to Civil Service Examinations 25
7. From a Defense of Confucian Moral Knowledge to New Construction of Chinese Culture 41
8. The Transformation of a Discursive Context 65
9. The Uses of the Evolutionary Historical Framework 89
10. Grasping for Permanence in Historical Change 119
11. Confucian Moral Cultivation, Science, and Social Relevance 139
12. Western Legal and Political Theories as Agents of Social Reform 159
13. Conclusion 179
14. Notes 185
15. Bibliography 223
16. Index 229