First published in 1958

These volumes analyze modern Chinese history and its inner process, from the pre-western plateau of Confucianism to the communist triumph, in the context of many themes: science, art, philosophy, religion and economic, political, and social change. Volume One includes:

• The critique of Idealism
• Science and Ch''ing empiricism
• The Ming style, in society and art
• Confucianism and the end of the Taoist connection
• Eclecticism in the area of native Chinese choices
• T''i and Yung
• The Chin-Wen School and the classical sanction
• The modern Ku-Wen opposition to Chin-Wen reformism
• The role of nationalism
• Communism
• Western powers and Chinese revolutions
• Language change and the problem of continuity