First published in 1964 These 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 Two includes: The Republic: Confucianism and Monarchism interwoven Confucianism and Monarchy: The basic confrontation The evolution of the Confucian Bureaucratic personality The limits of despotic control Monarch and people The Taiping Relation to Confucianism The Japanese and Chinese monarchical mystiques
