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Editor's review
The value of reading this book lies in the "quality methodology of reading" it offers. Liang Zhiping is not content to introduce a book's content; he works to analyze the intellectual threads, scholarly context, and the author's concerns and dilemmas behind the book. When discussing certain Western scholarly works, for example, he can precisely place them within China's own problematic and observe them from there; this capacity for dialogue across China and the West lifts the essays beyond mere introduction and gives them original intellectual suggestiveness. For the reader this is like having a learned guide who leads you not only to know "that it is so" but also "why it is so," to understand why classics become classics and how thought is generated in collision with its age.
The chapters recalling and assessing predecessors such as Fei Xiaotong and Jin Yuelin are especially moving, filled with warmth and respect yet never abandoning rational scrutiny; they provide precious personal footnotes for understanding the spiritual history of twentieth-century Chinese intellectuals. Overall, this is a book that can elevate one's taste in reading, train critical thinking, and nourish humanistic feeling. It offers no fast-food knowledge but invites the reader to join a deep and unhurried intellectual stroll.
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers interested in intellectual history and scholarly history who wish to deepen their understanding of reading
- Students or young scholars in the humanities and social sciences seeking methodological inspiration for reading and research
- Readers who appreciate the essay form and prefer works that combine depth of learning with beauty of style
- Thinkers concerned with the spiritual world and scholarly transmission of modern Chinese intellectuals
Not a good fit for
- Readers seeking practical skills guidance or light recreational reading
- Readers lacking patience for or interest in more abstract speculation and scholarly discussion
Reading tips
- It is not necessary to read straight through; begin with chapters on authors or books you already know or find interesting
- Keep pen and paper at hand while reading to note the author's key questions and lines of thought for later reflection
- It is best to have some basic familiarity with some of the classic works mentioned, which will yield deeper resonance and insight
About the publisher
SDX Joint Publishing Company is a publisher known for its humanities and social science titles, covering classics, culture, history, social fiction and politics. Its catalogue of 826 books includes Chinese and foreign literary classics such as The Scholars, Camel Xiangzi and Selected Short Stories of Chekhov, scholarly works such as Studies of Chinese Cave Temples, A Study of the Tuoba History (Revised Edition) and The Nine-Rank System: A Prehistory of the Imperial Examination, and translations such as Red Star Over China and Notes from the House of the Dead. Its authors include renowned Chinese and foreign writers such as Wu Jingzi, Lao She, Su Bai and Chekhov, as well as scholars and translators such as Chen Xiaoming, Wang Benhua, Guo Changbao and Zhu Xiansheng. Its publishing character lies in balancing the popularisation of classics with academic depth, with attention to textual quality and the transmission of knowledge.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 热爱书籍（代序）
- 书览
- 为乐趣而读书
- 于出入间看美国
- 从清末学风的“趋新趋旧”说起
- 集体表象与心史的研究
- 两部英语世界的法律辞书
- 书的新与旧
- 再生之途：法律与宗教的“综合”
- 辜鸿铭现象
- 《丰子恺漫画》
- 《奥古斯都》
- 《中国学术思想史随笔》
- 译事难
- 人类的故事
- 茨威格人物传记两种
- 12世纪的文艺复兴
- 发现盖尤士
- 罗马法教材两种
- 《名公书判清明集》
- 一份用法律记录的社会档案
- 我们生活的三个世界
- 暑假读书计划
- “漫画”法治
- 书评
- “现代化”的代价
- 读《不含规范的伦理学》
- 重新解说西方法律史
- 法不等于法律
- “公法”与“公法文化”
- 故纸中的法律与社会
- 用自己的语言发言
- 从市场经济到法治的市场经济：吴敬琏的改革词典
- 底线与共识
- 当代儒生面对的三种挑战
- 《华夏治理秩序史》读后
- 谈《法律东方主义》
- 认识韦伯，善用韦伯
- 天下枢纽：我们时代的问题与思考
- 思考现代儒学的困境与出路
- “比较法”的三种形态
- 《中国法律史研究的三重困境》简评
- 我与你：一种法哲学视野中的人地关系
- 书与人
- 认真的人和他的一生
- 一个“绝不从时俗为转移”的纯正学人
- “《读书》服务日”忆旧
- 无言的纪念
- 我认识的何美欢教授
- 追念蔡定剑教授
- 一个华语社会学家的努力与追求
- 序与跋
- 《书斋与社会之间》自序
- 《法治十年观察》序
- 《寻求自然秩序中的和谐》台版前言
- 《梁治平自选集》自序
- 序《公羊学引论》
- 序《法理学的世界》
- 序《法治与文明秩序》
- 序《在东西方之间的法律哲学》
- 序《天下的法》
- 序《法律的灯绳》
- 《秩序与信仰》中译本序
- 礼法之争再思
- 薪火相传的燃灯者
- 《为政》答问七则
- 后记
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About the author
Liang Zhiping, born in 1959, is a Chinese legal scholar regarded as a pioneer of the study of legal culture. He has long focused on legal history, legal culture, and the relationship between law and society, and is currently a researcher at the Institute of Chinese Culture, Chinese National Academy of Arts. His writing spans law and history, often starting from traditional Chinese law and the order of ritual propriety to examine cultural conflicts and ideas of governance in an era of legal transplantation, combining scholarly rigor with readability. His major works include In Search of Harmony in the Natural Order: A Study of Traditional Chinese Legal Culture, Fa Bian: Essays on Legal Culture, Qing Dynasty Customary Law, Ritual Propriety and Law: Cultural Conflict in an Era of Legal Transplantation, and On Governance: Ideas of Order in Ancient China, along with selected essays and collections of shorter writings.
