00000nam a2200000 i 4500 UP-1685675941129655846 Buklod 20230822154913.0 a gr| |11 | ta 230822s2018||||mau agr b 001 0beng 9780674987111 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 20297475 MH/DLC eng MH rda DLC DAC eng chi PL 2687 S5 Z96 2018 Zuo, Ya 1982- author. Shen Gua's empiricism Ya Zuo. Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Asia Center 2018. xiii, 333 pages illustrations (B&W) 24 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series 113 Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-325) and index. Peripateting the world (1051-1063) -- Envisioning learning -- Measuring the world (1063-1075) -- Individuating things -- Reforming the world (1071-1075) -- Buffeted by the world (1075-1085) -- In the system (and then out) -- Brushtalking the world (1085-1095) -- Building a non-system -- Farewell to system -- Reverberating in the world (1100-1800). "Describes the life of Shen Gua, a distinguished renaissance man in China whose writing included remarkable "scientific" discoveries. Reveals the connection between Shen's life as an active statesman and his empirical inquiries, and provides insights into the dynamics between science and politics in the age of Neo-Confucianism"--Provided by publisher. Shen, Kuo 1031-1095. Empiricism. Neo-Confucianism China History. Science Political aspects China. Scientists China Biography. Statesmen China Biography. China Intellectual life 960-1644. Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series 113. FO UPD DAC PL 2687 S5 Z96 2018 Book