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The Last Confucian book. my total amdiration of Liang shuming! Alito's book is bit dated now but still an exciting read

The Last Confucian book. my total amdiration of Liang shuming! Alito's book is bit dated now but still an exciting read. i have many minor issues to bicker with Alito on his reading of Liang, but no major disagreement on his appreciation of liang's work. Feb 26, 2018 Patrick rated it really liked it. Shelves: china. Just a blast to read and a nice touch to the intellectual history of modern China. Mar 15, 2007 Alex rated it it was amazing. Mao Zedong to Liang: "I think you stink!" What an awesome book, seriously.

Liang Shu-ming (October 18, 1893 – June 23, 1988), was a legendary philosopher, teacher, and leader in the .

Liang Shu-ming (October 18, 1893 – June 23, 1988), was a legendary philosopher, teacher, and leader in the Rural Reconstruction Movement in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republican eras of Chinese history. Liang was also one of the early representatives of modern Neo-Confucianism.

The Last Confucian: Liang Shu-ming and the Chinese Dilemma of Modernity. Taipei: 128. Chow, Kai-wing. The Rise of Confucian Ritualism in Late Imperial China: Ethics, Classics, and Lineage Discourse. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Berkeley: University of California Press. Barraclough, Geoffrey. Manchukuo Daodehui bianjike (Manchukuo Morality Society edi torial department), ed.

Interesting book of a man who attempted to build a socialist Chinese state instead of a despotic one. Caught in the middle of warlords and would-be emperors, however, his project never really had a chance of success, but serves as a sad illustration of what could have been

Interesting book of a man who attempted to build a socialist Chinese state instead of a despotic one. Caught in the middle of warlords and would-be emperors, however, his project never really had a chance of success, but serves as a sad illustration of what could have been. 3 people found this helpful.

Alitto, Guy. "The Last Confucian: Liang Shu-ming and the Chinese Dilemma of Modernity" 2nd ed. 1986, University of California Press. La Famiglia dei Furfanti.

The book puts Liang Shu-ming into the social context of modern Chinese history, in particular, the context of the unprecedented crisis of meaning in the legal realm and the collapse of a transcendental source for Chinese cultural identity in the light of modernity

The book puts Liang Shu-ming into the social context of modern Chinese history, in particular, the context of the unprecedented crisis of meaning in the legal realm and the collapse of a transcendental source for Chinese cultural identity in the light of modernity. The evaluation provided by this narrative could be helpful in clarifying the deep structures and significance of the present Chinese legal system through historically exploring Liang Shu-ming's misgivings. The book is intended for academics of legal, history and cultural studies.

Guy Alitto’s 1986 publication, The Last Confucian: Liang Shu-ming and the Chinese Dilemma of Modernity (hereafter, The Last Confucian) has provided considerable currency for this assumption in the West. In this chapter, I will explore an alternative portrayal of Liang, asking whether it is more valid to categorize the spirit, views, and philosophy of Liang Shuming as Buddhist rather than as Confucian or New Confucian.