China’s Transition to Modernity The New Classical Vision of Dai Zhen 1st Edition by Minghui Hu 0295994762 9780295994765

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ISBN 10: 0295994762 

ISBN 13: 9780295994765

Author: Minghui Hu

The figure of Dai Zhen (1724–1777) looms large in modern Chinese intellectual history. Dai was a mathematical astronomer and influential polymath who, along with like-minded scholars, sought to balance understandings of science, technology, and history within the framework of classical Chinese writings. Exploring ideas in fields as broad-ranging as astronomy, geography, governance, phonology, and etymology, Dai grappled with Western ideas and philosophies, including Jesuit conceptions of cosmology, which were so important to the Qing dynasty (1644–1911) court’s need for calendrical precision. Minghui Hu tells the story of China’s transition into modernity from the perspective of 18th-century Chinese scholars dedicated to examining the present and past with the tools of evidential analysis. Using Dai as the centering point, Hu shows how the tongru (“broadly learned scholars”) of this era navigated Confucian, Jesuit, and other worldviews during a dynamic period, connecting ancient theories to new knowledge in the process. Scholars and students of early modern Chinese history, and those examining science, religious, and intellectual history more broadly, will find China’s Transition to Modernity inspiring and helpful for their research and teaching.

Table of contents:

1 | The Man and His Times

2 | How Jesuit Science Conquered the Kangxi Court

3 | Searching for Truth in the Origins of Civilizations

4 | How to Build a Coalition around Science

5 | An Outsider Enters the Mainstream

6 | How to Dethrone Jesuit Science

7 | Bringing It Home to the Palace of Light

8 | Legibility of Visionary Scholars

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