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Fusion of East and West: Children, Education and a New China 1902–1915, written by Bai Limin

Fusion of East and West: Children, Education and a New China 1902–1915, written by Bai Limin It is truly a pleasure for me to write a review of this volume, as I have followed the author for more than twenty years, and was privileged to write a foreword for her pathbreaking book Shaping the Ideal Child (Bai, 2005), as well as benefitting from thought-provoking articles she contributed to Frontiers of Education in China over the years since. Much of the literature on classical Chinese education in English has focused on higher education, from the civil service examinations to the academy system, but Limin offered a more fundamental understanding by her focus on the education of young children and the unique features of a classical education oriented towards “humane talent” in contrast to the concept of “human capital.” It was this ability to encapsulate a comparison in such a succinct way that attracted me to her work, as well as the awareness that understanding education in distinctively different civilizations must begin with children’s early years. In her subsequent research, including that on the role of Jesuit scholar Matteo Ricci, she was able to see the possibility of substantive intercultural enrichment between the spiritual traditions of Confucianism and Christianity. This has taken her beyond the justifiable yet http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Beijing International Review of Education Brill

Fusion of East and West: Children, Education and a New China 1902–1915, written by Bai Limin

Hayhoe, Ruth
Beijing International Review of Education , Volume 5 (3): 3 – Sep 5, 2023
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It is truly a pleasure for me to write a review of this volume, as I have followed the author for more than twenty years, and was privileged to write a foreword for her pathbreaking book Shaping the Ideal Child (Bai, 2005), as well as benefitting from thought-provoking articles she contributed to Frontiers of Education in China over the years since. Much of the literature on classical Chinese education in English has focused on higher education, from the civil service examinations to the academy system, but Limin offered a more fundamental understanding by her focus on the education of young children and the unique features of a classical education oriented towards “humane talent” in contrast to the concept of “human capital.” It was this ability to encapsulate a comparison in such a succinct way that attracted me to her work, as well as the awareness that understanding education in distinctively different civilizations must begin with children’s early years. In her subsequent research, including that on the role of Jesuit scholar Matteo Ricci, she was able to see the possibility of substantive intercultural enrichment between the spiritual traditions of Confucianism and Christianity. This has taken her beyond the justifiable yet

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Published: Sep 5, 2023

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