In Search of Wealth and Power: Yen Fu and the West
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In a serious effort to divine the secret of the West's success in achieving wealth and power, Yen Fu, a Chinese thinker, undertook, at the turn of the century, years of laborious translation and commentary on the work of such thinkers as Spencer, Huxley, Adam Smith, Mill, and Montesquieu. In addition to the inevitable difficulties involved in translating modern English into classical Chinese, Yen Fu was faced with the formidable problem of interpreting...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0674446526
ISBN13:9780674446526
Release Date:December 1964
Publisher:Belknap Press
Length:300 Pages
Weight:0.87 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"
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