New Perspectives on the Research of Chinese Culture (Chinese Culture, 1)

This volume contains high quality articles, originally published in Chinese in the Chinese Journal Jiuzhou Xuelin [Chinese Cultural Quarterly] and new articles written on special invitation by established scholars in the field. The theme of the volume is 'New Perspectives on Research of Chinese Culture', introducing the latest trends and new developments in the research into Chinese history, humanities, music and geography. The articles are written by well-known scholars in the field who examine Chinese culture from various new perspectives adopting different research methods. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Nature and Landscape in the Chinese Tradition....Pages 1-15 A Site Catchment Analysis of Hong Kong’s Neolithic Subsistence....Pages 17-43 Toward Retrieving Early Oral Traditions: Some Ruminations on Orality and Textuality in Early Chinese Culture....Pages 45-61 History, Ideology, and General Ideological History: A Case Study of Chan Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty....Pages 63-75 Investigating the Meaning of Dharma “ Fa ” (法): With Chinese Saṃyuktāgama as the Subject....Pages 77-97 Music, Sound, and Site: A Case Study from Southern Song China (1127–1275)....Pages 99-118 The Exploration of Matteo Ricci’s World Map....Pages 119-136 Pavlovian Theory and the Scientification of Acupuncture in 1950s China....Pages 137-145 Back Matter....Pages 147-153 "This volume contains ... articles, originally published in Chinese in the Chinese journal Jiuzhou xuelin (Chinese cultural quarterly) and new articles written on special invitation by established scholars in the field. The theme of the volume is New perspectives on research of chinese culture, introducing the latest trends and new developments in the research into Chinese history, humanities, music and geography. The articles are written by well-known scholars in the field who examine Chinese culture from various new perspectives adopting different research methods."--Page 4 of cover