This study examines Qin Hui (秦晖), a prominent Chinese public intellectual, historian, and
liberal thinker, using the theoretical framework of transformative learning. The project aims to …

Drawing on the theory of transformational learning, its critique by other scholars, and the
transformational experiences of three generations of Chinese adult learners, this chapter …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a micro historical account of the work of a
key Chinese educational reformer, Tao Xingzhi (1891–1946), who transformed educational …

China's contemporary classics-reading movement (dujing yundong) has grown significantly
since its emergence in the 2000s but remains little researched and is so far only known as …

This study uses the career of a leading twentieth century Chinese educator, Huang Yanpei,
to examine the rise and fall of a generation of urban literati who bridged the gap between …

Abstract Tao Xingzhi's (1891–1946) educational radicalism was an outstanding
achievement of the Chinese intellectuals in their search for ways to modernize China …

In the history of modern Chinese thought, scholarship, education, and culture, Hu Shih
occupied an important position. In particular, Hu Shih endorsed a literary revolution …

Abstract This dissertation, Reading Classics, Alternative Education, and the Movement of
Eternal Wisdom in Contemporary Chinese Societies, investigates and theorizes dujing, a …

“The great educator, the great thinker and the great soldier of democracy and communism,
Mr. Tao Xingzhi,”(Preface, p. 1) are the official stock phrases used when Tao Xingzhi is …

Asymmetrical knowledge globalisation has brought constant tensions to the humanities and
social sciences (HSS) that are fundamentally rooted in local and national social contexts …