First published in 1958These volumes analyze modern Chinese history and its inner process, from the pre-western plateau of Confucianism to the communist triumph, in the context of many themes: science, art, philosophy, religion and economic, political, and social change. Volume One includes: · The critique of Idealism· Science and Ch'ing empiricism· The Ming style, in society and art· Confucianism and the end of the Taoist connection· Eclecticism in the area of native Chinese choices· T'i and Yung · The Chin-Wen School and the classical sanction· The modern Ku-Wen opposition to Chin-Wen reformism· The role of nationalism· Communism· Western powers and Chinese revolutions· Language change and the problem of continuity