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Confucianism and Modern China: The Lewis Fry Memorial Lectures, 1933-34, Delivered at Bristol University
The British colonial administrator and scholar Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston (1874–1938) travelled extensively in the Far East, developing a deep interest in Chinese culture and spirituality. His fourteen-year posting to the relatively quiet port of Weihaiwei allowed him to indulge this interest and to travel to places not usually visited by Europeans. Well acquainted with the philosophy of Confucius, Johnston had happily quoted the Confucian classics in his court judgments at Weihaiwei. In 1918, he was appointed tutor to the young Puyi (1906–67), who had been China's last emperor before his forced abdication. This 1934 publication, developed from lectures, presents an accessible interpretation of the tenets and fortunes of Confucianism, notably the impact of the New Culture Movement on the philosophy's place in Chinese society. Among other works, Johnston's Buddhist China (1913) and Twilight in the Forbidden City (1934) are also reissued in this series.
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Confucianism and Modern China: The Lewis Fry Memorial Lectures, 1933-34, Delivered at Bristol University
The British colonial administrator and scholar Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston (1874–1938) travelled extensively in the Far East, developing a deep interest in Chinese culture and spirituality. His fourteen-year posting to the relatively quiet port of Weihaiwei allowed him to indulge this interest and to travel to places not usually visited by Europeans. Well acquainted with the philosophy of Confucius, Johnston had happily quoted the Confucian classics in his court judgments at Weihaiwei. In 1918, he was appointed tutor to the young Puyi (1906–67), who had been China's last emperor before his forced abdication. This 1934 publication, developed from lectures, presents an accessible interpretation of the tenets and fortunes of Confucianism, notably the impact of the New Culture Movement on the philosophy's place in Chinese society. Among other works, Johnston's Buddhist China (1913) and Twilight in the Forbidden City (1934) are also reissued in this series.
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Confucianism and Modern China: The Lewis Fry Memorial Lectures, 1933-34, Delivered at Bristol University

Confucianism and Modern China: The Lewis Fry Memorial Lectures, 1933-34, Delivered at Bristol University

by Reginald Fleming Johnston
Confucianism and Modern China: The Lewis Fry Memorial Lectures, 1933-34, Delivered at Bristol University

Confucianism and Modern China: The Lewis Fry Memorial Lectures, 1933-34, Delivered at Bristol University

by Reginald Fleming Johnston

Overview

The British colonial administrator and scholar Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston (1874–1938) travelled extensively in the Far East, developing a deep interest in Chinese culture and spirituality. His fourteen-year posting to the relatively quiet port of Weihaiwei allowed him to indulge this interest and to travel to places not usually visited by Europeans. Well acquainted with the philosophy of Confucius, Johnston had happily quoted the Confucian classics in his court judgments at Weihaiwei. In 1918, he was appointed tutor to the young Puyi (1906–67), who had been China's last emperor before his forced abdication. This 1934 publication, developed from lectures, presents an accessible interpretation of the tenets and fortunes of Confucianism, notably the impact of the New Culture Movement on the philosophy's place in Chinese society. Among other works, Johnston's Buddhist China (1913) and Twilight in the Forbidden City (1934) are also reissued in this series.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781108080361
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 01/01/2015
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Religion
Pages: 294
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.46(h) x 0.63(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Fourteen Chinese texts; 3. Filial piety; 4. Teacher and pupil; 5. The cult of ancestors; 6. Confucianism and political loyalty; 7. Is Confucianism a religion?; 8. Music and ceremonial in the Confucian system; 9. Fortunes of Confucianism in ancient and modern times; 10. Confucianism and the revolution of 1911; 11. Confucianism and the republic; 12. Confucianism and the China of tomorrow; Notes; Index.
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