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Has Man a Future?

Dialogues with the Last Confucian

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Authors:
  1. Shu Ming Liang

    1. Beijing, China, People's Republic

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  2. Guy S. Alitto

    1. East Asian Languages and Civilizations, The University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

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  • Engrossing dialogues between the aged Chinese Confucian and an American sinologist
  • Includes Liang’s reflections on his contact with many famous people in the cultural and political realms
  • A valuable reference work on the research and understanding of modern China in the first half of the 20th century
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: China Academic Library (CHINALIBR)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. August 12, 1980

    • Guy S. Alitto
    Pages 1-10

  3. August 13, 1980

    • Guy S. Alitto
    Pages 11-40

  4. August 14, 1980

    • Guy S. Alitto
    Pages 41-50

  5. August 15, 1980

    • Guy S. Alitto
    Pages 51-74

  6. August 16, 1980

    • Guy S. Alitto
    Pages 75-99

  7. August 17, 1980

    • Guy S. Alitto
    Pages 101-117

  8. August 18, 1980

    • Guy S. Alitto
    Pages 119-133

  9. August 19, 1980

    • Guy S. Alitto
    Pages 135-158

  10. August 20, 1980

    • Guy S. Alitto
    Pages 159-181

  11. August 21, 1980

    • Guy S. Alitto
    Pages 183-198

  12. August 22, 1980

    • Guy S. Alitto
    Pages 199-217

  13. August 24, 1980

    • Guy S. Alitto
    Pages 219-240

  14. August 25, 1980

    • Guy S. Alitto
    Pages 241-252
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About this book

Liang Shu-ming (October 18, 1893 – June 23, 1988), was a legendary philosopher, teacher, and leader in the Rural Reconstruction Movement in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republican eras of Chinese history. Liang was also one of the early representatives of modern Neo-Confucianism. Guy S. Alitto, associate Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations (EALC) at The University of Chicago, is author of, among other things, The Last Confucian: Liang Shu-ming and the Chinese Dilemma of Modernity, and is one of the most active and influential Sinologists in America. In 1980 and again in 1984, at Liang Shu-ming’s invitation, he conducted a series of interviews with Liang in Liang's Beijing home. This book of dialogues between the American sinologist and “The Last Confucian”, Liang Shu-ming, gives a chronological account of the conversations that took place in Beijing in 1980. In these conversations, they discussed the cultural characteristics of Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism, and their representative figures, and reviewed the important activities of Mr. Liang’s life, along with Liang’s reflection on his contact with many famous people in the cultural and political realms – Li Dazhao, Chen Duxiu, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Chiang Kai-shek, Kang Youwei, Hu Shi, etc. Rich in content, these conversations serve as important reference material for understanding and studying Mr. Liang Shuming’s thoughts and activities as well as the social and historical events of modern China.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Beijing, China, People's Republic

    Shu Ming Liang

  • East Asian Languages and Civilizations, The University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

    Guy S. Alitto

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Has Man a Future?

  • Book Subtitle: Dialogues with the Last Confucian

  • Authors: Shu Ming Liang, Guy S. Alitto

  • Series Title: China Academic Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35816-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-35815-9Published: 14 March 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44179-0Published: 12 April 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-35816-6Published: 02 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2195-1853

  • Series E-ISSN: 2195-1861

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 252

  • Topics: History, general

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