作者簡介 史景遷 Jonathan D. Spence 一九三六年出生於英國，是國際知名的中國近現代史專家，自一九六五年於美國耶魯大學歷史系任教，二○○八年退休。著作極豐，包括《追尋現代中國》、《雍正王朝之大義覺迷》、《太平天國》、《改變中國》、《康熙》、《天安門》、《曹寅與康熙》、《胡若望的疑問》（以上由時報文化出版）、《大汗之國：西方眼中的中國》（商務）、《婦人王氏之死》（麥田）、《利瑪竇的記憶宮殿》（麥田）。 譯者簡介 溫洽溢 政治大學東亞研究所博士，現任教於世新大學，譯有《追尋現代中國》、《雍正王朝之大義覺迷》、《改變中國》、《康熙》、《天安門》，校譯《太平天國》。

"To change China" was the goal of foreign missionaries, soldiers, doctors, teachers, engineers, and revolutionaries for more than three hundred years. But the Chinese, while eagerly accepting Western technical advice, clung steadfastly to their own religious and cultural traditions. As a new era of relations between China and the United States begins, the tales in this volume w...(展开全部)

◎史景遷縱橫歷史的力作，專屬譯者溫洽溢費時年餘，精心翻譯 ◎欲了解台灣前途、掌握中國脈動不可不讀 ◎香港末代總督彭定康、美國駐北京大使李潔明離開中國之前的案頭書「回顧一六二○年到一九六○年這段歷史，可看到西方人以唯我獨尊之姿來到中國，深信自己師出有名，急欲「開發」被他們視為落後的民族，這些西方顧問的境遇實可為借鏡：傅蘭雅和丁韙良堅忍不拔，湯若望、李泰國及托德精力充沛，胡美和鮑羅廷洞察敏銳，戈登和史迪威精明幹練，赫德和魏德邁善於組織，南懷仁和伯駕匠心獨運，華爾和陳納德勇氣卓絕，白求恩無私奉獻。然而，這些人的故事是警世教訓，而非鼓舞人心的宣傳。二次世界大戰之後，歐洲人對西方方法論及目標的絕對信心已搖搖欲墜，歷經越戰的美國人對此亦產生動搖。十年河東、十年河西，今天的中國似乎已有自信，西方人到中國，就得按中國人的規矩行事。如果，中西雙方都對自己有新的了解的話...(展开全部)

Late imperial Chinese Buddhism was long dismissed as having declined from the glories of Buddhism during the Sui and Tang dynasties (589–907). In recent scholarship, a more nuanced picture of late Ming-era Buddhist renewal has emerged. Yet this alternate conception of the history of Buddhism in China has tended to focus either on doctrinal contributions of individual masters or...(展开全部)

Late imperial Chinese Buddhism was long dismissed as having declined from the glories of Buddhism during the Sui and Tang dynasties (589–907). In recent scholarship, a more nuanced picture of late Ming-era Buddhist renewal has emerged. Yet this alternate conception of the history of Buddhism in China has tended to focus either on doctrinal contributions of individual masters or...(展开全部)

In 1968, at the height of the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese Communist Party endorsed a radical new system of healthcare delivery for the rural masses. Soon every village had at least one barefoot doctor to provide basic medical care, which integrated the villages into a regional network of healthcare services for the very first time. The barefoot doctors were portrayed natio...(展开全部)

In this volume, William Watson and Chuimei Ho begin with discussions of “fine” art and painting and progress to an analysis of carving and sculpture, ceramics, glassware, and textiles. The authors demonstrate how, in the age of the Emperors Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong, the “decorative” arts rose to prominence in a way quite unlike the western experience. Avoiding misrepresen...(展开全部)

In this volume, William Watson and Chuimei Ho begin with discussions of “fine” art and painting and progress to an analysis of carving and sculpture, ceramics, glassware, and textiles. The authors demonstrate how, in the age of the Emperors Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong, the “decorative” arts rose to prominence in a way quite unlike the western experience. Avoiding misrepresen...(展开全部)

"Like everything else written by Jonathan Spence, The Chan's Great Continent is an absolute must-read for anyone interested in China. Spence is one of the greatest Sinologists of our time, and his work is both authoritative and highly readable." —Los Angeles Times Book Review China has transfixed the West since the earliest contacts between these civilizations. With his charact...(展开全部)

丛小平，美国休斯敦大学历史系终身教授，研究方向为20世纪中国社会、近现代思想史、文化史、法律史、近现代妇女史、近现代教育史。学术代表作包括Marriage, Law and Gender in Revolutionary China, 1940-1960（Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016）、Teachers’Schools and the Making of the Modern Chinese Nation-State, 1897-1937 （Toronto: University of British Columbia Press, 2007，中文版《师范学校与中国的现代化——民族国家的形成与社会转型:1897~1937》由商务印书馆于2014年出版）。