The Uniqueness of Chinese Civilization in World History

In: China Academic Library

Abstract

Chinese Civilization in World History -- Geographic Factors -- Chinese Language -- Rise of Classical Thoughts -- Confucianism -- Daoism and Other Schools of Thought -- Buddhism in China -- Recurrent Themes in Chinese Civilization -- Changes over Two Millennia -- Late Imperial State and Society (Qing) -- Stratification of Late Imperial Society -- Sino-European Relations -- Background of the 19th Century Rebellion -- The Taiping Rebellion -- Foreign Affairs Movement -- Chinese Foreign Relations 1857-1895 -- The Transitional Generation -- The Boxers -- Revolutionary Intellectuals 1898-1911 -- The May Fourth Movement -- The New Literature -- The Political Scene in 1923-1927 -- The Nanjing Decade -- War of Resistance Against Japan. .