15. Reflections on Chinese Historical Thinking

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Author’s Preface xi
4. Editorial Note xiii
5. List of Abbreviations xxiii
6. Chronology of Dynasties xxv
7. 1. Some Preliminary Observations on the Rise of Qing Confucian Intellectualism 1
8. 2. Dai Zhen and the Zhu Xi Tradition 40
9. 3. Dai Zhen’s Choice Between Philosophy and Philology 57
10. 4. Zhang Xuecheng Versus Dai Zhen 85
11. 5. Qing Confucianism 113
12. 6. The Two Worlds of Honglou meng (Dream of the Red Chamber) 134
13. 7. Sun Yat- sen’s Doctrine and Traditional Chinese Culture 152
14. 8. The Radicalization of China in the Twentieth Century 178
15. 9. Neither Renaissance nor Enlightenment 198
16. 10. Modernization Versus Fetishism of Revolution in Twentieth- Century China 219
17. 11. The Idea of Democracy and the Twilight of the Elite Culture in Modern China 234
18. 12. China’s New Wave of Nationalism 252
19. 13. Democracy, Human Rights, and Confucian Culture 260
20. 14. Changing Conceptions of National History in Twentieth- Century China 275
21. 15. Reflections on Chinese Historical Thinking 294
22. 16. Modern Chronological Biography and the Conception of Historical Scholarship 317
23. 17. The Study of Chinese History 329
24. 18. Confucianism and China’s Encounter with the West in Historical Perspective 351
25. 19. Clio’s New Cultural Turn and the Rediscovery of Tradition in Asia 368
26. Acknowledgments 385
27. Appendix 387
28. Index 393