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The Sea of Learning
Steven B. Miles
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In 1817, a Cantonese scholar was mocked in Beijing as surprisingly learned for someone from the boondocks; in 1855, another Cantonese scholar boasted of the flourishing of literati culture in his home region. Not without reason, the second man pointed to the Xuehaitang (Sea of Learning Hall) as the main factor in the upsurge of learning in the Guangzhou area. Founded in the 1820s by the eminent scholar - official Ruan Yuan, the Xuehaitang was indeed one of the premier academies of the 19th Century. The celebratory discourse that portrayed the Xuehaitang as having radically altered literati culture in Guangzhou ... Read more
In 1817, a Cantonese scholar was mocked in Beijing as surprisingly learned for someone from the boondocks; in 1855, another Cantonese scholar boasted of the flourishing of literati culture in his home region. Not without reason, the second man pointed to the Xuehaitang (Sea of Learning Hall) as the main factor in the upsurge of learning in the Guangzhou area. Founded in the 1820s by the eminent scholar - official Ruan Yuan, the Xuehaitang was indeed one of the premier academies of the 19th Century. The celebratory discourse that portrayed the Xuehaitang as having radically altered literati culture in Guangzhou ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
450
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
450
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674021341
SKU
V9780674021341
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About Steven B. Miles
Steven B. Miles is Assistant Professor of History at Washington University in St. Louis.
Reviews for The Sea of Learning
Miles has written a history of intellectuals rather than an intellectual history; specifically, those supporting the 1817-1903 Xuehaitang (Sea of Learning Hall). Xuehaitang intellectuals transferred Jiangnan formulas of Han evidential learning to South China to challenge the dominant Song dynastic Cheng-Zhu Confucian school. Miles presents a fine analysis of these schools' competing views and also the acceptance by some of ... Read more