Series Editors' Foreword |
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Preface to the Revised Edition |
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Original Preface |
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About this Book |
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Acknowledgements |
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1 The Worship of the New: A Shift of Power in Modern Chinese Thought under the Impact of the Western Tide |
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The Thought War: Who Changed Whose Ways of Thinking |
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From Western Learning as Function to Chinese Learning Can't be Essence |
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27 | (16) |
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43 | (18) |
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2 The Abolition of the Examination System and the Disintegration of the Four-Class Society: Modern Social Change in the Eyes of an Inland Member of the Gentry |
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The Inner Chapters: Rural Society before and after the Abolition of the Examination System and the End of the Plowing-Studying Route |
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66 | (20) |
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The Outer Chapters: Historical Revelations from the Mind of a Modern Inland Gentry Member |
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86 | (13) |
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3 The Impact of the Abolition of the Examination System on Rural Society |
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Its Influence on Village Education |
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101 | (16) |
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The Urban--Rural Divide and Rural Elite Flight to the Cities |
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117 | (17) |
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134 | (3) |
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4 Shifts of Social Power in Modern China: The Marginalization of Intellectuals and the Rise of Marginal Intellectuals |
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137 | (58) |
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The Social Transition from Scholars to Intellectuals |
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139 | (16) |
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The Marginalization of the Intellectuals |
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155 | (12) |
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The Rise of Marginal Intellectuals |
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167 | (28) |
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5 The Worries and Responsibilities of Educated Chinese in the Age of Transition |
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A Brief Introduction to the Age of Transition |
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196 | (6) |
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Definitions of Studying and the Educated |
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202 | (4) |
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The Fade Away of the Classics in Modern Times |
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206 | (4) |
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Shifts and Movements in the Self-Positioning of Educated Chinese |
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210 | (3) |
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Who Will Step Forward to Carry the Burden of the Nation?: Reflections on Liang Qichao |
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213 | (7) |
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The Scenery-Spoiling Dogs Plow the Field |
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220 | (5) |
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6 The Monolithicization of Chinese Tradition: The Development of Anti-Traditional Trends in the Late Qing and Early Republic |
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225 | (25) |
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226 | (5) |
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The Origins of the Anti-Traditional Turn in the Late Qing |
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231 | (7) |
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The Complete Negativization of Tradition in the Early Republic |
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238 | (8) |
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Additional Thoughts: The Instability of Tradition |
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246 | (4) |
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7 The Divided West: The International Storm and the Development of Chinese Thought in the May Fourth Era |
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Introduction: The Divided West |
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250 | (3) |
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Shifting the Model of Study |
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253 | (6) |
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The Evolution of Intellectual Trends |
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259 | (6) |
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After the Division of the West: China as a Battlefield for the Other |
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265 | (10) |
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8 Reflections on the Uniqueness of Modern Chinese Nationalism |
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275 | (62) |
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Early Understandings of Modern Chinese Nationalism |
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277 | (13) |
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Intensely Anti-Traditional: The First Characteristic of Modern Chinese Nationalism |
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290 | (12) |
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Longing for `The Superman and the Supranational': The Second Characteristic of Modern Chinese Nationalism |
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302 | (10) |
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Protest and Construction: The Two Faces of Modern Chinese Nationalism |
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312 | (12) |
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The Relationship between Local Consciousness and National Unification |
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324 | (6) |
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330 | (7) |
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9 The State Advances, the People Retreat: The Rise of a Trend in the Late Qing |
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337 | (48) |
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Introduction: From Small Government to Big Government, the State in Transformation |
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338 | (6) |
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The State Advances towards the People: The Examination of Public Funds and Public Property |
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344 | (7) |
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Judicial Reforms and Changes in the Symbols of the State |
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351 | (6) |
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Old and New `Self-Government' and Their Different `Publics' |
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357 | (17) |
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The Rise of `Society' in the Changing Relationship between the State and the People |
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374 | (11) |
Appendix: List of Names |
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385 | (4) |
Bibliography |
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Index |
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