World Sinology -2010 Spring

    World Sinology is a professional periodical for Sinology/ Chinese Studies focusing on the history, tradition, ethos and methods of world sinological studies. Its articles introduce the newest developments, books, writers and institutes on Chinese Studies. World Sinology is a bi-annual periodical co-published by the IPCLC and Renmin University of China.

    Special Issue for the 2009 World Conference on Sinology
Sinology and Cross-Cultural Communication

    CONTENTS

    CULTURES AND VALUES
  “Tong Gui Er Shu Tu; the Way Is One and the Same” …… Ji Baocheng /1
  Traditional Chinese Ethic as a Basis for a Global Ethic……Hans Küng (Germany)/4
  Searching for the “Universal Values” in Cultures……Tang Yijie/9

   
REFLECTIONS AND METHODOLOGIES
  My Thoughts about International Chinese Studies……Yan Shaodang/16
  Trans-cultural Exchanges through Chinese Studies:… Reflections and Challenges……Yves Camus(France)/21
  Re-constructing Values, Representation of Reality and Imagery of the Past……Paolo Santangelo (Italy)/32

    HISTORY AND REALITY
  Dong Zhongshu and “Confucianism”……Michael Loewe (U.K.)/42
  Hebrew Deuteronomistic and Early Chinese Confucian Historiography: A Comparative Approach……Marián Gálik (Slovakia) /50
  Jesuits’ Visual Culture Accommodated in China during the Last Decades of Ming Dynasty……Gianni Criveller(Italy)/63

   
PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION
  Religion and Faith in the Context of Confucianism……Liu Mengxi/70
  Jade Worship as the State Religion of China:the Mythical Origin of Confucianism and Taoism……Ye Shuxian/74
  How Can “Dao” Follow “Ziran”?……Wu Xiaoming (New Zealand)/83
  Discourse on Ideological Attributes of the Five Elements in China and India……Arttatrana Nayak (India) / 101

   
LITERATURE AND ARTS
  Toward Heterocultural Studies: How Sinology Can Enrich American Literature and Criticism……Jonathan Stalling (U.S.A.)/106
  The Two Shores of the Chinese Characters and Chinese Language: Yang Mu and Bei Dao as Chinese Translators……Chantelle Tiong (Malaysia)/114
  The Research of Chinese Drama in the Meiji Period of Japan……Huang Shizhong/124
  “Chinese” Music: A New Approach to the “Chinese” in Chinese Music……Heinrich Geiger (Germany) /151

   
SUMMARY AND BOOK REVIEWS
  Review of the World Conference on Sinology 2009……Fan Hua/158
  Reading Faith, Myth and Reason in Han China by Michael Loewe……Xu Nan/166