Focusing on the ancient Chinese academy, a unique cultural and educational organization in the Chinese history, this two-volume set explores the interaction between academies and Confucianism, education, social politics, and regional culture.
Inaugurated in the Tang dynasty and eventually abolished in the late Qing dynasty, the academy exerts extensive and profound influences on the ancient Chinese culture, politics, and social life. The first volume revisits the inception and development from a socio-cultural perspective; and examines the reciprocity and thriving relationships between the academy and schools of Confucianism in the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties. Centering around the social, political and cultural significance of the academy, the second volume looks into the role that the academy played in social control and governance, ritual, education and academia, as well as the burgeoning of regional cultures.
The set will be a useful reference for scholars, students and general readers interested in cultural history, intellectual history, and educational history of ancient China, and especially the Chinese academy culture.
Volume 1 1. Introduction 2. The Emergence of Academy and Its Socio-cultural Context 3. The Social Drivers of Academy 4. Academy and Neo-Confucianism in the Song and Yuan Dynasties 5. Academy and Yangming School of Mind Volume 2 1. Academy, Society and Politics 2. Academy Sacrificial Rituals and Their Significance 3. Academy and Regional Cultural Undertakings
Biography
Xiao Yongming, a renowned professor of history, is the Dean of Yuelu Academy at Hunan University and the Vice President of China Research Association of Academies. His main research interests are the history of Song and Ming thoughts and Chinese academy culture. He has been a visiting scholar at several universities, including University of London, National Taiwan University, Cornell University, and University of Arizona, etc.
