New Perspectives on the Research of Chinese Culture [electronic resource] / edited by Pei-kai Cheng, Ka Wai Fan.

Pavlovian Theory and the Scientification of Acupuncture in 1950s China; FAN Ka Wai -- History, Ideology and Ideological History—a Case Study of Chinese Chan Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty;  GE Zhaoguang -- On the Importance of Looking at the Oral Dimensions of Early Chinese Culture; Barend ter HAAR.- Exploration of Matteo Ricci’s World Map; HUANG Shijian -- Music, Sound, and Site: A Case Study from Southern Song China (1127-1275); Joseph LAM -- A Site Cachment Analysis into Hong Kong’s Neolithic Subsistence; LI Guo.-  Images of the Afterworld—a Comparative Study; POO Mu-chou -- Investigating the Meaning of Dhamma ‘Fa’—with Chinese Samyuktagama as the Subject; WUT Tai Shing -- A Restart of Chinese Humanities Study; YU Yingshih -- Nature and Landscape in the Chinese Tradition; ZHANG Longxi.  .

This volume contains high quality articles, originally published in Chinese in the Chinese Journal Jiuzhou Xuelin [Chinese Cultural Quarterly] and new articles written on special invitation by established scholars in the field. The theme of the volume is 'New Perspectives on Research of Chinese Culture', introducing the latest trends and new developments in the research into Chinese history, humanities, music and geography. The articles are written by well-known scholars in the field who examine Chinese culture from various new perspectives adopting different research methods.