Fusion of East and West : Children, Education and a New China, 1902-1915.

Intro -- Fusion of East and West: Children, Education and a New China, 1902-1915 -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Conventions -- List of Figures and Tables -- Introduction -- 1 Wang Hengtong, the Christian Community in Shanghai and the Textbook Market -- 1 Wang Hengtong and Hangchow Presbyterian College -- 2 Wang Hengtong and the Christian Community in Shanghai -- 3 Wang Hengtong as Christian Teacher and Textbook Writer -- 4 Wang Hengtong and His Literacy Textbooks -- 5 Conclusion -- 2 An Innovative Approach: Progressive Teaching Method -- 1 Background: Literacy Education Campaign in Late Qing China -- 2 Wind from the West: Chinese Language Teaching Reform -- 3 Comparison: Wang Hengtong's Primers and Non-Christian Chinese Textbooks -- 4 Conclusion -- 3 Captivating Children: Hybrid Elements in Literacy Textbooks -- 1 Quwei 味 (Interest -- Interesting): the Prevalence of New Educational Ideas -- 2 The Use of Illustrations: with Children's Interests at Heart -- 3 Making Tradition Modern: Re-creating Exemplary Children in Traditional Chinese mengshu -- 4 Conclusion -- 4 Literacy Textbooks as Children's Literature: Making Aesop Chinese -- 1 Aesop's Fables for Literacy Education -- 2 A Comparative Study of Three Chinese Versions of Aesop's Fables -- 3 Contextualizing Aesopic Fables for Chinese Children -- 4 Conclusion -- 5 Textbooks as a Bridge to a World of New Knowledge -- 1 The Concept of Gezhi: a Christian Perspective -- 2 The Content of Gezhi Learning in Wang Hengtong's Textbooks -- 3 The Circulation of Useful Knowledge: a Comparative Analysis -- 4 Conclusion -- 6 Traversing the Boundaries between Confucianism and Christianity -- 1 The Bible and Christian Content in Wang Hengtong's Literacy Textbooks -- 2 New Hermeneutic Exegesis of Ancient Chinese Scriptures: Searching for a Common Humanity.

3 Reinterpreting the Concept of xiao: Christian Appropriation of Confucianism -- 4 Conclusion -- 7 Education for a New China: a Multifaceted Perspective -- 1 Education for a New China: a Comparison of Christian and Non-Christian Views -- 2 Textbook Market: Shared Source Materials, Common Features and Diversity -- 3 Different Approaches to the Fusion of East-West and Past-Present -- 4 A Key Difference between Christian and Non-Christian Textbooks -- 5 Enlightenment and Late Qing Reforms: Education for Girls -- 6 Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

In Fusion of East and West, Limin Bai presents a major work in the English language that focuses on Chinese textbooks and the education of children for a new China in a critical transitional period, 1902-1915.

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