Socio-biological Implications of Confucianism (China Academic Library)

This book is a collection of English articles by Pan Guangdan, one of China's most distinguished sociologists and eugenicists and also a renowned expert in education. Pan is a prolific scholar, whose collected works number some fourteen volumes. Pan's daughters Pan Naigu, Pan Naimu and Pan Naihe- all scholars of anthropology and sociology- began editing their father's published works and surviving manuscripts around 1978. The collected articles, written between 1923 and 1945, are representative of Pan?s insights on sociobiology, ethnology and eugenics, covering topics such as Christianity, opium, domestic war and China-Japan relations. The title of the book is taken from the fascinating two-part article "Socio-biological Implications in Confucianism", which essentially reworks Confucius as a kind of "forefather" of socio-biological and eugenic thinking, showing Pan's promotion of "traditional" values. These articles, mostly published in Chinese Students? Monthly and The China Critic, offer an excellent point of entry into Pan's ideas on population and eugenics, his polemics on family and marriage, and his intellectual positioning and self-fashioning. This collection is of great reference value, allowing readers to gain an overall and in-depth understanding of the development of Pan's academic thought, and to explore the spiritual world of the scholars brought together by The China Critic who were dedicated to rebuilding the Chinese culture and bridging the West and the East Preface 6 Contents 12 Chapter 1: Eugenics in China: A Preliminary Survey of the Background 14 1.1 The Chinese as a Race 15 1.2 The Chinese and Biology 17 1.3 Some of the Social Institutions Analyzed 19 Chapter 2: Evaluation of Chinese Student Fraternities in America 23 Chapter 3: Sociobiological Implications of Confucianism 37 3.1 What Confucius Did Not Teach 37 3.2 What Confucius Did Teach 44 Chapter 4: An Anthropological View on China’s Troubles 52 Chapter 5: Why Christianity Fails in China 60 Chapter 6: China and Birth Control 66 Chapter 7: The Problem of the Cultural Hybrid 73 Chapter 8: Browbeating Prostitution? 80 Chapter 9: Familism and the Optimum Family 86 Chapter 10: The Meaning of a National Examination System 91 Chapter 11: Glimpses into the Universities 97 Chapter 12: Notes on Modern Marriage 103 Chapter 13: Chinese Colonization in Manchuria 109 13.1 A Word of Introduction 109 13.2 Colonization Movement During the Ming Dynasty 110 13.3 “The Manchu-Manchuria Policy” 113 13.4 A Period of Steady Growth 1858–1928 117 13.5 Japanese and Korean Immigration into Manchuria 123 13.6 Manchuria and China’s Population Problem (The Quantitative Aspect) 125 13.7 Manchuria and China’s Population Problem (The Qualitative Aspect) 127 13.8 Concluding Remarks 129 Further Reading 130 Chapter 14: The Third Session of the Institute of Pacific Relations 131 Chapter 15: Selection and Athletic Prowess 137 Chapter 16: Bon Voyage to Chekiang Refugees 139 Chapter 17: Patrilineage and the Surname in the New Civil Code 140 Chapter 18: Consanguineous Marriage and the Law 144 Chapter 19: Genealogy in China: A Neglected Phase of Historical Study 151 Chapter 20: The Late Mr. Yuan Hsi-tao 159 Chapter 21: Whither China’s Womanhood? 164 Chapter 22: Japan’s Rape on Civilization 168 22.1 Introduction 168 22.2 The Facts 170 22.3 An Interpretation 179 Chapter 23: Since Darwin’s Death 181 Chapter 24: Japan’s Southward Policy 184 Chapter 25: Bankruptcy of Higher Education 186 Chapter 26: From Lausanne To Lousan 188 Chapter 27: Some Vital Statistics from Kuala Lumpur 191 Chapter 28: Manchuria as China’s “Life Line” 194 Chapter 29: Havelock Ellis as a Humanist 200 Chapter 30: Construction for Rehabilitation 205 Chapter 31: Ma Chun-wu (马君武) 210 Chapter 32: Educational Facilities at Home 213 Chapter 33: Birth Control and Oversea Chinese 215 Chapter 34: Eugenics and Birth Regulation 217 Chapter 35: The Chinese as Believers 220 Front Matter....Pages i-xii Eugenics in China: A Preliminary Survey of the Background....Pages 1-9 Evaluation of Chinese Student Fraternities in America....Pages 11-24 Sociobiological Implications of Confucianism....Pages 25-39 An Anthropological View on China’s Troubles....Pages 41-48 Why Christianity Fails in China....Pages 49-54 China and Birth Control....Pages 55-61 The Problem of the Cultural Hybrid....Pages 63-69 Browbeating Prostitution?....Pages 71-76 Familism and the Optimum Family....Pages 77-81 The Meaning of a National Examination System....Pages 83-88 Glimpses into the Universities....Pages 89-94 Notes on Modern Marriage....Pages 95-100 Chinese Colonization in Manchuria....Pages 101-122 The Third Session of the Institute of Pacific Relations....Pages 123-128 Selection and Athletic Prowess....Pages 129-130 Bon Voyage to Chekiang Refugees....Pages 131-131 Patrilineage and the Surname in the New Civil Code....Pages 133-136 Consanguineous Marriage and the Law....Pages 137-143 Genealogy in China: A Neglected Phase of Historical Study....Pages 145-152 The Late Mr. Yuan Hsi-tao....Pages 153-157 Whither China’s Womanhood?....Pages 159-162 Japan’s Rape on Civilization....Pages 163-175 Since Darwin’s Death....Pages 177-179 Japan’s Southward Policy....Pages 181-182 Bankruptcy of Higher Education....Pages 183-184 From Lausanne To Lousan....Pages 185-187 Some Vital Statistics from Kuala Lumpur....Pages 189-191 Manchuria as China’s “Life Line”....Pages 193-198 Havelock Ellis as a Humanist....Pages 199-203 Construction for Rehabilitation....Pages 205-209 Ma Chun-wu (马君武)....Pages 211-213 Educational Facilities at Home....Pages 215-216 Birth Control and Oversea Chinese....Pages 217-218 Eugenics and Birth Regulation....Pages 219-221 The Chinese as Believers....Pages 223-226