In the present day and for many decades to come, the most important bilateral relationship in the world will be the one between the United States and China. Realizing this, Americans want to learn more about the Chinese people. their cultural outlook, and their long and vital history.
For 4,000 years, China has remained one of the most unique civilization in the world, a unified and centralized empire governed not by soldiers or priests but educated scholars, by whom the country established the first bureaucratic governance system. How can Chinese civilization survive countless historical turmoils and prosper today? What has bound Chinese people together, and what are the characteristics of Chinese civilization? Sisu Pan has made a decent examination of the fundemental elements of Chinese civilization: Conflict between Confucianism and Legalism, Chinese civilization's agnostic nature, Chinese rural economy and complicated dislect system. Everyone who is interested in China's past and its link with modern China should have a read of this book.
Paperback, English, 124 pages, 9.5"x6.75"
