Confucianism and Modern China: The Lewis Fry Memorial Lectures, 193334, Delivered at Bristol University

The British colonial administrator and scholar Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston (18741938) 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...

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Subtitles:Confucianism & Modern China
Main Author: Johnston, Reginald Fleming (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2015
In:Year: 2015
Series/Journal:Cambridge library collection. Religion
Further subjects:B Ancestor worship
B Confucianism
B China Civilization
B Church and state (China)
B China Politics and government 1912-1949
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Summary:The British colonial administrator and scholar Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston (18741938) 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 (190667), 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
Item Description:Originally published: London : Victor Gollancz, 1934
ISBN:1108080367
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781316106570