Understanding Chinese and Western Cultures

Tang Yijie (1927–2014) was an accomplished professor and an authority of Chinese philosophy at Peking University, China. In the last decade of his life, he spearheaded the monumental Confucian Canon project.

Part I The Clash and Coexistence of Civilizations 1. What is Civilization? 2. Appraisal of Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations Thesis 3. The Irreversible Trend of Cultural Diversity 4. The Clash of Civilizations and Coexistence of Civilizations 5. Identity of Ontology and Methodology: A New Perspective on Modernistic Diversity 6. New Perspectives on Western Sinology 7. Current Cultural Exchange and Communication between China and the West Part II Chinese Culture in Transition 8. How to Develop Chinese Culture 9. The Combination of Global Awareness and Root-Seeking Awareness 10. Chinese Culture to Go Global and the Global Culture to be Introduced into China 11. On the Cultural Resultant Force in Cultural Transformation 12. Issues of Cultural Development in China during the Transition Period 13. Looking Forward to Cultural Development in the 21st Century 14. A Brief Discussion on Chinese and Western and Ancient and Modern Controversies in Chinese Culture over the Past Century 15. Chinese Culture under the Impact of Western Culture 16. Cultural Consciousness and Problem Consciousness Part III Reflection after the Cultural Fever 17. "Modern" and "Post-modern" 18. The Rise of Sinology Fever 19. "Culture Fever" and "Sinology Fever" 20. How Western Scholars in Reflection Look at Traditional Chinese Culture 21. Economic Development Still Requires a Sense of Dedication and Moral Responsibility Part IV The Meaning of Cross-cultural Dialogue 22. The Significance of Studying Comparative Philosophy and Comparative Religion regarding the Introduction of Indian Buddhism into China 23. On Matteo Ricci's Attempt to Integrate Eastern and Western Cultures 24. On the Comparison of Chinese and Western Cultures Concerning the Pursuit of the Truth, the Goodness and the Beauty 25. Two-way Choice of Cultures 26. Between Walls and No Walls: Are Walls Necessary between Cultures? 27. Reflections on Cultural Issues 28. Two Challenges Facing the Multicultural Development Part V Ideology, Faith and Culture 29. Cultural Rescue, Preservation and Innovation 30. “Edify the Populace to Achieve a Harmonious Society” 31. How to Cope with the Mankind's Misery: Compared with Thousand Years Ago, Humans are Struggling with Less or More Misery? 32. On the Complementarity of Chinese and Western Cultures