Zusammenfassung der Ressource
historical uniqueness of traditional China
- characteristics
- develop on its own
Anmerkungen:
- traditional chinese culture seemed homemade with our being slightly influenced by any outside elements
- limited knowledge about the West
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- in dealing with completion of history
- lack of interactions between China and the World
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- X intensive & meaningful interactions
- Sino centri approach
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- in dealing with compilation of history
- Middle kingdom
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- Adoption
of Confucian (儒家) concept of the 'middle kingdom' to understand the world
in hierarchical (分級) terms
- 3 distinctive layers
Anmerkungen:
- Top:
ChinaMiddle: 'periphery (周邊) states' influenced by Confucianism in a
China-centered tributary (支流) system Bottom:
'barbarians' (蠻夷)
- diplomatic flexibilities
Anmerkungen:
- Tang Empire: not restricted by the sense of diplomatic superiority originating in Sino centrism
- Discussion in West
- being focused since 1949
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- Focus of attention in international politics since 1949
- The Painted Veil
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- Dr. Fane was not welcome by local Chinese inhabitants when he came to rural China to help during the outbreak of cholera epidemic
- To Change China: Western Advisors in China by Jonathan Spence
Anmerkungen:
- illuminates countless challenges that frustrated foreign missionaries, doctors, teachers, engineerings and revolutionaries who had been try to "Change China" for more than 300 years
- Comments
- Skeptical of correctness
- cultural exchange had already taken place over centuries
- open-minded mentality of Chinese people
Anmerkungen:
- regarding the issue of introducing foreign cultures
- How Chinese elements influenced historical development of other countries?
- How foreign elements influenced China historically?
- many elements were traceable to China
Anmerkungen:
- - many elements which shaped its developments were traceable to somewhere outside China;
- historical development of other civilisations were more/less related to China as well