1st Edition

Chinese Traditional Wisdom and Contemporary Education Values Sustainability and Well-being

Edited By John Chi-Kin Lee, Kwai Sang Lee, Zhenzhou Zhao Copyright 2027
250 Pages
by Routledge

This volume explores the ways in which traditional Chinese wisdom can inform and enrich contemporary efforts to construct values that promote education and human development. Global scholars from diverse backgrounds engage in a dialogue on the enduring legacy of Chinese wisdom and its relevance for addressing the multifaceted challenges of education in the modern era. To foster ideas that... Read more

Section I. Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Lifeworld and Education

Chapter 1. Cross-cultural exploration of values related concepts: Socio-cultural and educational issues

John Chi-Kin Lee

 

Chapter 2. Student self-formation and social sustainability: The Chinese and Euro-American civilisational traditions

Simon Marginson

 

Chapter 3. Divergent Visions of the One and the None: Plotinus, Wang Bi and the Parting of the Way in the Global Third Century

Brook Ziporyn

 

Chapter 4.

Tianxia 天下, Global Philosophy, and Human Flourishing

James D. Sellman

 

 

Section II. Bridging Tradition and Modernity: In Search of Educational Innovation

Chapter 5.

Tradition and Innovation in Educational Systems: Exploring the Chinese Educational Model from the Lens of the Four Books (sishu 四書)

Tiziana Lippiello

 

Chapter 6.

Taoism, Quantum Biology, and the Alchemy of Inner Work: Integrating Traditional Chinese Wisdom and Modern Sciences to Heal the Crises in Contemporary Education

Jinting Wu

 

Chapter 7.

Ethically Sound: Confucius and His Disciples’ Views on Music Education

So-Jeong Park

 

Chapter 8.

Hakka Culture and Contemporary Values Education: Educating Through a Digital Virtual Museum

Terry Tak-Ping Yip and Zhenzhou Zhao

 

Section III. Ancient Wisdom for Modern Challenges: Driving Transformations

Chapter 9.

Value-based leadership of the Lüshi Chunqiu 呂氏春秋 as a model to answer the challenges of the modern world

Marcin Jacoby

 

Chapter 10.

Confucian Thinking as a Liberation: The Contemporary Relevance and Challenge of an Age-Old Tradition

On-cho Ng

 

Chapter 11.

Epistemological Flashpoints in Reinvoking China’s Cultural Discourses for the Modern Wor(l)d: From Tianrenheyi to Ecological Civilization

Weili Zhao

 

Chapter 12.

Education and Disinformation in Early Chinese Thought

Scott Cook

Biography

John Chi-Kin Lee is Chair Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Kwai Sang Lee is Professor in the Department of Literature and Cultural Studies at the Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Zhenzhou Zhao is Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.