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China's transition to modernity : the new classical vision of Dai Zhen /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hu, Minghui (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Dai, Zhen, > 1724-1777.
Philosophy, Chinese > 1644-1912.
China > Intellectual life > 1644-1912.
China > History > Qianlong, 1736-1795.
Intellectual life.
Philosophy, Chinese.
China.
1644 - 1912
History.
Table of Contents:
  • The man and his times
  • How Jesuit science conquered the Kangxi court
  • Searching for truth in the origins of civilizations
  • How to build a coalition around science
  • An outsider enters the mainstream
  • How to dethrone Jesuit science
  • Bringing it home to the palace of light
  • Legibility of visionary scholars.