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Analyzes in detail the experience of Chinese scholarofficials duirng the late Qing period.in reading and interpreting the Western learning.  The book covers topics such as the Chinese scholars' curiosity about the outside world, the barrier of book geography, the pull of and challenge against traditional values,  and the pursuit of fame and career.

In Search of Western Learning: A History of Reading in Late Qing China (1833–1898)

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In Search of Western Learning: A History of Reading in Late Qing China (1833–1898)