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The legacy of China

Title: The legacy of China / edited by Raymond Dawson.
Publication: Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1964.

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Dawson, Raymond

Description

xix, 392 pages illustrations, map; 19 cm

Summary

Traditional Chinese civilization through the centuries - its philosophy and religious thought, literature, science, art and government, treated by noted scholars.

Series Statement

The legacy series

Uniform Title

Legacy series (Oxford, England)

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Bibliographical footnotes.

Contents

1. Western conceptions of Chinese civilization / by Raymond Dawson -- 2. Philosophy and religious thought: The place of reason in the Chinese philosophical tradition / by A.C. Graham -- Buddhism in China / by E. Zürcher -- 3. Literature: An introductory note / by David Hawkes -- Chinese poetry and the English reader / by David Hawkes -- The development of fiction and drama / by Patrick Hanan -- The historiographical tradition / by E.G. Pulley-Blank -- 4. The heritage of Chinese art / by Michael Sullivan -- 5. Science and China's influence on the world / by Joseph Needham -- 6. The Chinese and the art of government / by E.A. Kracke, Jr. -- 7. Conclusion: China and the world: a summary of intellectual and artistic influences / by G.F. Hudson -- The value of the study of Chinese civilization / by Raymond Dawson.

LCCN

64006757
http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb33074990g

OCLC

ocm00305061
305061
SCSB-41757

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Princeton University Library