43 TAN Sitong, YAN Fu, and LIANG Qichao’s Reform Ideas

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TAN Sitong, YAN Fu, and LIANG Qichao’s Reform Ideas.- Nationalism.

About the author

One of the best sinologists of modern times, Guy Alitto is an American academic in the History and East Asian Languages and Civilization Departments at the University of Chicago. He is known in China for revitalizing the scholarship on Chinese Confucian scholar Liang Shuming. He is best known in America for his scholarship and for his role as translator for the first official Chinese delegations to the United States after Richard Nixon’s first visits to China.

Summary

This lecture examines the lives and ideas of TAN Sitong, YAN Fu, and LIANG Qichao, three prominent figures of China's transitional generation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. TAN Sitong's interpretation of Ren, his views on sex, and his emphasis on individualism are explored. YAN Fu's career as a translator, his translations of Western works, and his evolving perspective on Chinese culture and Western influence are examined. Lastly, LIANG Qichao's role in advocating for constitutional monarchy, his promotion of nationalism, and his evolutionist perspective on Chinese society are discussed.

Product details

• Authors: Guy S. Alitto
• Publisher: Springer EN
• Languages: English
• Product format: Mixed media product
• Release: 13.06.2026
• EAN: 9789819566839
• ISBN: 978-981-9566-83-9
• Illustrations: Approx. 20 p. Book + Online Course.
• Series: The Uniqueness of Chinese Civilization in World History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Eastern philosophy; China, Kulturwissenschaften, Asiatische Geschichte, Cultural Studies, Nationalism, Liang Qichao, Ren, History of China, Chinese philosophy, Yan Fu, TAN Sitong