Confucianism and Modern China Johnston Paperback Cambridge University Press

Confucianism and Modern ChinaThe Lewis Fry Memorial Lectures, 193334, Delivered at Bristol University\nAuthor(s): Reginald Fleming Johnston\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108080361, 978-1108080361\nSynopsis\nThe British colonial administrator and scholar Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston [tel] travelled extensively in the Far East, developing a deep interest in Chinese culture and spirituality. His fourteen-year posting to the relatively quiet port of Weihaiwei allowed him to indulge this interest and to travel to places not usually visited by Europeans. Well acquainted with the philosophy of Confucius, Johnston had happily quoted the Confucian classics in his court judgments at Weihaiwei. In 1918, he was appointed tutor to the young Puyi [tel], who had been China's last emperor before his forced abdication. This 1934 publication, developed from lectures, presents an accessible interpretation of.