Description A brilliant history of ancient China\'s masters of philosophy -- and how they help us understand China today In Ways of Heaven, leading China scholar Roel Sterckx offers an engrossing Introduction to classical China\'s world of ideas.
The author of several books on early China, he lives in Cambridge, England..
About the Author Roel Sterckx is Joseph Needham Professor of Chinese History, Science, and Civilization at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Clare College.
Drawing on evocative examples from philosophical texts, literature, and everyday life over centuries of Chinese history, he introduces major thinkers and traditions, illuminating key concepts.
Annotation A leading China scholar offers an engrossing Introduction to classical China\'s world of ideas.
Essential reading for students, travelers, businesspeople, and anyone curious about this rising global power, Ways of Heaven shows that to comprehend China today we must learn to think Chinese.
He also reveals how these ideas shape contemporary China, from table manners at a traditional banquet, to the Chinese obsession with education and family, to the rhetoric of political leaders and the nation\'s grand strategy.
Drawing on evocative examples from philosophical texts, literature, and everyday life over centuries of Chinese history, Sterckx introduces major thinkers and traditions, illuminates key concepts like the dao, qi, yin, and yang, and examines questions of leadership, social order, death, nature, and more.
Description A brilliant history of ancient China\'s masters of philosophy -- and how they help us understand China today In Ways of Heaven, leading China scholar Roel Sterckx offers an engrossing Introduction to classical China\'s world of ideas
