China's Philological Turn: Scholars, Textualism, and the Dao in the Eighteenth Century (Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University)
by Ori Sela
A detailed examination of Qing dynasty textual scholarship and its influence on interpretations of the Dao during the eighteenth century.
About This Book
This study explores the intellectual transformations of eighteenth-century China through the lens of philological scholarship.
It situates the textual practices of Qing literati within broader cultural and philosophical currents of the period.
The work highlights how scholars engaged with classical texts and reinterpreted the concept of the Dao.
Attention is given to the institutional and social contexts that shaped these scholarly endeavors.
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