Overview
- Explores the relationship between rivers and ethics in China
- Traces the origin and developmental course of Chinese civilization, which has always been closely intertwined with the Yellow River
- Draws comparisons between the Yellow River and the Yangtze, Nile, Tigris, Euphrates, and Indus rivers to provide insights into how they have contributed to civilizations
Part of the book series: Understanding China (UNCHI)
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About this book
It traces the changes in the Yellow River over time and examines the origin and developmental course of Chinese civilization, which has always been closely intertwined with the Yellow River. It also draws comparisons between the Yellow River and the Yangtze, Nile, Tigris, Euphrates and Indus rivers to provide insights into how they have contributed to civilizations. At the same time, it discusses the lessons learned from people’s taming the Yellow River.
Most significantly, the book explores the relationship between humans and the environment from an ethical standpoint, makingit an urgent reminder of the crucial role that human activities play in environmental issues concerning the Yellow River so as to achieve a sustainable development for China’s “mother river.” The intended audience includes academic readers researching East Asian and Chinese history & culture, geography, human geography, historical geography, the environment, river civilizations, etc., as well as history and geography lovers and members of the general public who are interested in the Yellow River and the civilization that has evolved around it.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Yunsheng Hu specializes in the research into the Hui Nationality in Henan Province, China. He is an expert in Huisology and has visited agglomerations of Hui nationality in more than 100 counties in Henan and collected almost all the ethnographies and inscriptions in these areas. Yunsheng Hu has published more than 40 theses on Huisology.
Qingyong Wang is Professor of Tianjin University of Technology and is the invited translator of The Commercial Press and Routledge in the China Perspectives series and the translation instructor in the Yellow River Xiaolangdi Project. His research areas include Chinese culture and its translation into English, Chinese history translation, English and American literature, nineteenth century and twentieth century American novels. He has published more than 20 papers on China’s core journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Historical Survey of the Yellow River and the River Civilizations
Authors: Jianxiong Ge, Yunsheng Hu
Translated by: Qingyong Wang, Lijia Yao
Series Title: Understanding China
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4481-5
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Yellow River Conservancy Press and Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-33-4480-8Published: 05 January 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-33-4483-9Published: 06 January 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-33-4481-5Published: 04 January 2021
Series ISSN: 2196-3134
Series E-ISSN: 2196-3142
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 242
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Human Geography, Asian Culture, History of China, Physical Geography