Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Note
Chronology
Introduction: Confuciusm, Kongzi, and the Modern Imagination
Part One. The Manufacture of Confucius and Confucianism
1. The Jesuits, Confucius, and the Chinese
2. There and Back Again: The Jesuits and Their Texts in China and Europe
Interlude: The Meaning and End of Confucianism-A Meditation on Conceptual Dependence
Part Two. Making Sense of Ru and Making Up Kongzi
3. Ancient Texts, Modern Narratives: Nationalism, Archaism, and the Reinvention of Ru
4. Particular Is Universal: Hu Shi, Ru, and the Chinese Transcendence of Nationalism
Epilogue: At Century's End-Ecumenical Nativism and the Economy of Delight
Glossary
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index