Liang Qichao on the History of Chinese Culture

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Liang Qichao on the History of Chinese Culture is written by Qichao Liang and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1969413174 (ISBN 10) and 9781969413179 (ISBN 13).

Liang Qichao on the History of Chinese Culture is a classic work where Liang systematically sorts out Chinese culture. He first defines "culture" as "valuable common karma developed and accumulated by human mental capacity," distinguishing "common karma" from "individual karma," and "natural system" from "cultural system," emphasizing that culture is the result of choices and creations driven by free will. He then analyzes key issues in studying cultural history, such as inductive method only applying to historical data sorting, no absolute causal laws in history (only "cultural outcomes" are governed by causality), and historical evolution manifesting in the deepening of the concept of human equality and the accumulation of cultural heritage. Liang proposes two approaches to studying sinology: "objective scientific research on documents" and "introspective practice for moral cultivation." In addition, he details China's social organization (matriarchy & patriarchy, marriage, patriarchal clan system, surnames, classes, rural governance, cities), the origin and evolution of the Yin-Yang and Five Elements theory, and the evolution of Chinese academic thought from its embryonic stage, prime to the era of Confucian unification, presenting a panoramic view of the in-depth context and spiritual characteristics of Chinese culture.