Category Archives: East Asian Studies
Obituary for David S. Nivison
David Shepherd Nivison, emeritus professor of Philosophy, Religious Studies, and East Asian Languages and Cultures at Stanford University, passed away peacefully on October 16, 2014, aged 91. Nivison had a career trajectory that would be almost impossible in the contemporary … Continue reading
Learning from Japan’s Defeat
I want to extract a lesson from history today. I’m going to use an example taken from the strategy of the Japanese military in World War II to make my point, but I assume all my readers are savvy enough … Continue reading
Review of the Film Spring in a Small Town
EDIT (July 10, 2015): A cut of this film that has been restored by the British Film Institute is now available! This is a review of Spring in a Small Town (1948), which has been hailed as the greatest Chinese film of … Continue reading
在美國研究孔子的學說:三個學派
I found an old memory stick and discovered something interesting. Namely, I sound even more fatuous in Chinese than I do in English! 在美國研究孔子的學說:三個學派 (c) 2007 萬百安 在美國主要有三個學派研究孔子的學說。 (A)第一個是用所謂新儒學的觀點來研究孔 子。(B)第二個是用後現代主義的觀點來研究 孔子。(C)第三個則是用所謂美德倫理的觀點 來研究孔子。關於每個學派,今天我要解 釋:(1)第一:␣這個學派的特點是什麼?(2)␣第 二:這個學派對儒家有什麼看法?(3)第三:␣ 這個學派的優點和缺點是什麼? (A)我首先要講新儒學。(1)新儒學是什 麼?為了瞭解新儒學的特點,我們必需先知 道新儒學是反對什麼看法的。新儒學反對什 麼看法?在二十世紀的前半段,當時有很多 人說孔子的思想沒有價值。這些人覺得孔子 … Continue reading