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Chinese Civilization vis-à-vis Eastern and Western Philosophies
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Chinese Civilization vis-à-vis Eastern and Western Philosophies presents Liang Shuming’s cultural comparison. The selected account needs scrutiny of its broad types as well as its proposals for renewal.
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Guided course · Module 12 · Lesson 71
Can a tradition be reconstructed rather than preserved unchanged?
Hu Shi and Liang Shuming disagree about how a tradition should be renewed and what science, democracy and inherited moral resources contribute. The lesson also separates a philosophical proposal from state policy.