A Concise History of Human Civilization: The World Through Chinese Eyes (1-2) - Couverture souple

Fung, Yee Wang

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9629373025 ISBN 13 : 9789629373023

Editeur : City University of Hong Kong Press, 2017

Synopsis

History is the record of the inheritance of human civilization. Studying history not only enables us to know the present by looking at the past but also heightens our understanding of and concern for humanistic activities. The education system in Hong Kong separates Chinese history and World history into two unrelated subjects. However, no country in the world is totally isolated whose history could be impervious to the influence of other nations. We must comprehensively take into full account these relationships and their process of development.

A matrix is used in this book to present the rather complicated historical materials of human history, with the vertical axis representing the Chinese civilization and the horizontal axis those of other nations, in an attempt to reconstruct a comparatively complete picture so as to present to the reader the origin of our ancestors and the progress of humankind. The history encompassed is vast and comprehensive, from prehistory to that of Modern times, from China to the world, from the origin of human civilization to the rise and fall of dynasties. This is, in scope, a world history for the general reader.

The book is especially suitable for secondary school and university students as well as people interested in Chinese and world history.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Yee Wang Fung, received his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Hong Kong. His work experience and positions held include Sportsmaster at DBS, Warden of Old Halls and Part-time Lecturer in Education at HKU, and Senior Lecturer and Head of the Curriculum and Instruction Department at CUHK. He had been appointed Hon. Associate Professor of the Faculty of Education by CUHK after retirement. Mr. Fung is an experienced educator, specializing in geographical education, student activities and student activism. He is also well versed in the teaching of Chinese language and Chinese History in secondary school. His recent publications include: To Serve and To Lead: A History of the Diocesan Boys’ School, Hong Kong (in collaboration with Chan-Yeung Mo Wah Moira); China and the World; The Rippling Stream: Memoir of a Retired Teacher; A Handbook of Lung Diseases and Lam Woo: Master Builder, Revolutionary, and Philanthropist; the last two being translations from English to Chinese.

Mary M. Y. Fung, Hon. Associate Professor at the School of Chinese, the University of Hong Kong, received her B.A. (Hons.) from the University of Hong Kong, her M.A. from Columbia University, and her Ph.D. in Translation Studies from the University of Warwick. She taught Translation and Twentieth Century Chinese Literature at the University of Hong Kong since 1967 for thirty years. Her publications in Chinese include A Study of Bian Zhilin’s Poetry and Translations and Ten Talks on Translation. Her translated works from Chinese to English include The Carving of Insects (awarded the 2007 PEN USA Translation Prize); The First and Second Buddhist Councils: Five Versions; A Full Load of Moonlight: Chinese Chan Buddhist Poems; and Xu Zhimo: Selected Poems; all co-authored.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: City University of Hong Kong Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9629373025
• ISBN 13: 9789629373023
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 724
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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