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Shen Gua's empiricism

Title
Shen Gua's empiricism / Ya Zuo.
Author
Zuo, Ya, 1982-
Publication
  • Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2018.
  • ©2018

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Description
xiii, 333 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"Describes the life of Shen Gua, a distinguished renaissance man in China whose writing included remarkable "scientific" discoveries. Reveals the connection between Shen's life as an active statesman and his empirical inquiries, and provides insights into the dynamics between science and politics in the age of Neo-Confucianism"--Provided by publisher.
Series Statement
Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 113
Uniform Title
Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 113.
Subject
  • Shen, Kuo, 1031-1095
  • 960-1644
  • Scientists > China > Biography
  • Statesmen > China > Biography
  • Science > Political aspects > China
  • Empiricism
  • Neo-Confucianism > China > History
  • Intellectual life
  • Neo-Confucianism
  • Science > Political aspects
  • Scientists
  • Statesmen
  • China > Intellectual life > 960-1644
  • China
Genre/Form
  • Biography.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Peripateting the world (1051-1063) -- Envisioning learning -- Measuring the world (1063-1075) -- Individuating things -- Reforming the world (1071-1075) -- Buffeted by the world (1075-1085) -- In the system (and then out) -- Brushtalking the world (1085-1095) -- Building a non-system -- Farewell to system -- Reverberating in the world (1100-1800).
Call Number
JFE 18-7315
ISBN
  • 9780674987111
  • 067498711X
LCCN
2017060582
OCLC
1025398285
Author
Zuo, Ya, 1982- author.
Title
Shen Gua's empiricism / Ya Zuo.
Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2018.
Copyright Date
©2018
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 113
Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 113.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
960-1644
Research Call Number
JFE 18-7315
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