Bao Pu | China and the West: Heading towards different modernities?
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Bao Pu discusses the differing modernities of China and the West through the lens of significant scholars and their works.
The original article is in English. The Chinese translation is provided below. China and the West: Heading towards different modernities? By Bao Pu Reviewed: 1. Tao Te Ching: The Classic Book of Integrity and The Way, by Victor H. Mair 梅維恆; Bantam Books 2. Laozi Ancient and Modern 《老子古今 五種對勘與析評引論》, by Liu Xiaogan 劉笑敢; China Social Sciences Press中國社會科學出版社 NOTE: “ Dao De Jing”, “ Tao Te Ching” and “Laozi” all refer to the same thing: 道德經the Chinese ancient text by Laozi老子. “Tao” and “Dao” are different transliterations of the same concept. Two respected scholars of the ancient Chinese classic Dao De Jing were born within four years of each other and died within two days of each other in the last week June 2026. One was American, the other Chinese. Victor Henry Mair 梅維恆, an American Sinologist and professor of Chinese at the University of Pennsylvania, was born in 1943 and died on June 28. Liu Xiaogan 劉笑敢, a professor of Daoist philosophy at Beijing Normal University, was born in 1947 and died on June 30. Each had made significant breakthroughs within his intellectual tradition, and each was well known within their scholarly communities. The quiet public reactions to their deaths in…
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