Within the Four Seas: The Dialogue of East and WestFirst published in 1969. Contains some of Joseph Needham's most significant essays, lectures and broadcasts on the history of Chinese science, technology and culture. Also included are some more personal thoughts stimulated by his own travels and experiences in China, including a number of poems. The book discusses the valuable social and intellectual influences which have flowed to Europe from South as well as East Asia, and suggests that the events of the twentieth century were a natural development of Chinese history, not a deviation from it. |
Contents
| 11 | |
2 The Past in Chinas Present | 31 |
3 The Chinese Contribution to Scientific Humanism | 89 |
4 A Poem in his Own Style for Rewi Alley | 98 |
5 The Ways of Szechuan | 101 |
6 The 2500th Birthday of Confucius | 104 |
7 The Confucian Temple at ChhangAn | 110 |
8 Saints in Chinese Culture | 112 |
14 The Fragrance of Friendship | 151 |
15 A Poem for a Chinese Friend | 160 |
16 Western Misconceptions About East Asia | 163 |
17 Yenan | 173 |
18 ShaoShan | 175 |
19 Psychology and Scientific Thought in East and West | 176 |
20 The Pilgrim Comes Again to ChhienFoTung | 184 |
21 Science and Religion in the Light of Asia | 189 |
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