The Transcendental and the Mundane - by Cho-Yun Hsu (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Through investigation of Chinese cultural ideals and life practices, Cho-yun Hsu constructs an original portrait of Chinese spiritual life. Apart from focusing on the exalted subtleties of the scholarly elite, he pays more attention to everyday people's cultural ideas.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Through investigation of Chinese cultural ideals and life practices, Prof. Cho-yun Hsu constructs an original portrait of Chinese spiritual life. Apart from focusing on the exalted subtleties of the scholarly elite, Prof. Hsu pays more attention to the everyday people's cultural idea. By examining their daily practices (including eating, living, medical practices, poems, songs, art, and literature) and "collective memory" such as legends, he seeks to clarify Chinese ideas concerning the universe, human life and nature, from traditional times down to the present day. Different from Judeo-Christian tradition centered on "God," the spiritual life of the Chinese people develops around ideas of being "human," and thus cultivating an interactive relationship between man, time, and space. <p/>Cho-yun Hsu considers the mode and direction of Chinese culture will impact the future of the entire world. Based on his observation, Western civilization represented by Europe and America nowadays is on the verge of a great change. The problems they are facing, including various crises of alienation and separation from nature, are, in terms of their basic origins, problems for which Western civilization lacks the resources to arrive at a solution. Thus, Chinese culture centered on the man and on the idea of intimate, interdependent relations between man and nature, might offer another solution. It is expected that, by integrating its features into modern civilization, Chinese culture can continue to prosper and be of benefit to the future of the world.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Cho-yun Hsu, an internationally recognized authority on Chinese history, is University Professor Emeritus of the University of Pittsburgh. He earned his BA and MA from National Taiwan University and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He has authored or coauthored numerous publications, including <i>China: A New Cultural History</i> (2012), <i>Western Chou Civilization</i> (1988), <i>Han Agriculture: The Formation of the Early Chinese Agrarian Economy</i> (1980), and <i>Ancient China in Transition: An Analysis of Social Mobility</i> (1965). He was the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award in Classical Chinese Learning from the Yuelu Academy and the Phoenix Media and Dunhe Foundation. <p/>David Ownby is professor at the Center of East Asian Studies and the history department at the University of Montreal. His research centers on the history of religion in modern and contemporary China and the position of contemporary intellectuals in China.
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