The New Classical Vision of Dai Zhen
by
Minghui Hu
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2015
The figure of Dai Zhen (1724�1777) looms large in modern Chinese intellectual history. Dai was a mathematical astronomer and influential polymath who, along with like-minded scholars, sought to balance understandings of science, technology, and history within the framework of classical Chinese writings....