Youth in Chinese History

Educational Practices and Representations of Children and Young People Between Tradition and Modernity

AvGiulia Falato,Renata Vinci

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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This book explores the pedagogical practices and representations of young people in Chinese history from a multidisciplinary perspective, addressing education and childhood in modern and pre-modern Chinese sources.Drawing on a varied corpus of sources spanning from the Tang period (618–907) to the Republican era (1912–1949) this book examines how concepts of childhood were shaped, transmitted, and transformed in imperial and early Republican China, responding to shifting social, cultural, and political contexts. The book also demonstrates how the scope of education in China evolved alongside society, adapting to emerging challenges and becoming an effective tool for modernisation. Presenting a nuanced understanding of how Chinese educational practices combined local traditions with external influences, it succinctly highlights youth’s role in nation-building and social renewal.By bridging humanities and social sciences, this source-rich collection is an essential reference for students and scholars researching the historical formation of childhood and youth in China.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-06-26
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781041160502

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Giulia Falato is Associate Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at the University of Parma, Italy.Renata Vinci is Associate Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at the University of Palermo, Italy.

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Section 1: Educating through Words: Transcultural Transmission of Theories, Concepts and Texts 1. Dialogues of Knowledge: Jesuit Liberal Arts Within Chinese Traditions of Early Learning in Late Imperial China 2. When Aesop Became a Chinese Language Teacher: Robert Thom’s Yishi yuyan 意拾喻言, Its Pedagogical Agenda and Legacy in Modern China 3. Replicating, Rewriting, and Reinventing Youth: A Transcultural Analysis of Shanghai Commercial Press’ Zuixin guowen jiaokeshu 最新國文教科書 Section 2: Adapting Educational Practices to Reality: Pragmatism, Life and Social Change 4. Children’s Journey through Life and Death in Premodern China: A Brief Survey on Protective Rituals, Ghostly Realms, and Education 5. Ye Shengtao’s Early Perspective on Education: A Reading of Xiaoxue jiaoyu de gaizao 小學教育的改造 (1919) 6. Tradition Rewritten. Bao Tianxiao’s Textual Strategies and the Education of Young Women Section 3: Representing Childhood and Youth: Lyrics, Visual Culture and the Making of the Young 7. Childhood and Youth in Poetry from the Tang Dynasty (618–907) 8. Visualising Childhood and Youth in Late Qing China: Images, Readership, and Education in the Dianshizhai huabao 點石齋畫報 (1884–1898) 9. Forging the Young Body: Health, Discipline and Children in the New Life Movement (1934–1937)