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Preface to the English Edition; Contents; 1 Introduction: The Homeland of Culture and Man; 1.1 The Living Situation of Contemporary Man and His Cultural Reflection; 1.1.1 Dire Environment Crisis; 1.1.2 The Danger of Being Materialized; 1.1.3 An Upcoming Postmodern Lifestyle Led by Symbol Consumption; 1.2 China and the World, Facing Future; 1.2.1 A Macro-Culture Vision in a Brand-New Age; Part I Introduction to Culture; 2 Culture as Humanization; 2.1 Culture and Non-culture (Nature); 2.2 From Humanization to Civilization; 2.2.1 The Humanization of Man as a Natural Being
2.2.2 The Completion of Man's Socialization2.2.3 The Spiritual Homeland Created by Man; 2.3 Life Is a Two-Way Trip; 2.4 Text for Cultural Interpretation; 3 Basic Patterns of Culture; 3.1 Material Culture: Wares and Economy; 3.2 Spiritual Culture: Cognition, Emotion, and Will; 3.3 Institutional Culture: The Structure and Rules of Rights; 4 Pluralism Versus Monism in Cultural Pattern; 4.1 Subject: Proof for Cultural Pluralism; 4.2 National Culture: A Diversity in Unity; 4.3 Mainstream Culture and Subculture; 4.4 The Pluralistic Landscape of World Culture
4.5 Mythologies and Realities of Cultural Convergence5 Cultural Qualities: What Is Good and What Is Bad?; 5.1 Bewilderment Around the War Between High Culture and Low Culture; 5.2 Repositioning: How Culture Is Produced and Consumed; 5.3 Intelligentsia and Spiritual Production; 5.4 Cultural Oasis and Cultural Desert; 6 Rise and Fall of Cultural Destiny; 6.1 The Space, Time, and Vitality of Culture; 6.2 Cultural Evolution and Retrogression; 6.3 Tradition: Life Pattern of National Culture; 6.4 Benchmarks of Cultural Destiny; 6.4.1 The Law of Cultural Accumulation and Progressive Achievement
6.4.2 Cultural Subjectivity and the Principle of SelectionPart II Chinese Culture; 7 Value Orientations of Chinese Traditional Culture; 7.1 The Positioning of ``Man''; 7.1.1 Deity, Heaven, and Man: ``Respect to Heaven and Reverence to Destiny''?; 7.1.2 Others and Self: ``Forget the Individual in the Interest of the Group''?; 7.1.3 Personality, Family, and Self: ``Self-cultivation, Family Harmony, State Governance, and World Peace''?; 7.1.4 ``Official Standard'': The Negation of Oneself; 7.2 Righteousness and Profits, and Name and Reality
7.2.1 ``The Debate on Righteousness and Profit'': Righteousness Outweighing Profit?7.2.2 ``The Debate on Principle and Desire'': Men Are Born Evil?; 7.2.3 ``Debate on Name and Reality'': To Prove the Name with Reality?; 7.3 Affection, Reasonability, and the Law; 7.3.1 ``Human Relationship Circle'' and ``Connection Network''; 7.3.2 From ``Rule of Rites'' to ``Rule of Law''; 8 Multiple Characters of Chinese Traditional Culture; 8.1 Way and Implements: Pursuit of the State of Life; 8.1.1 Sacrifice for the Truth; 8.2 Body and Function: Exploration into the Cultural Roots
2.2.2 The Completion of Man's Socialization2.2.3 The Spiritual Homeland Created by Man; 2.3 Life Is a Two-Way Trip; 2.4 Text for Cultural Interpretation; 3 Basic Patterns of Culture; 3.1 Material Culture: Wares and Economy; 3.2 Spiritual Culture: Cognition, Emotion, and Will; 3.3 Institutional Culture: The Structure and Rules of Rights; 4 Pluralism Versus Monism in Cultural Pattern; 4.1 Subject: Proof for Cultural Pluralism; 4.2 National Culture: A Diversity in Unity; 4.3 Mainstream Culture and Subculture; 4.4 The Pluralistic Landscape of World Culture
4.5 Mythologies and Realities of Cultural Convergence5 Cultural Qualities: What Is Good and What Is Bad?; 5.1 Bewilderment Around the War Between High Culture and Low Culture; 5.2 Repositioning: How Culture Is Produced and Consumed; 5.3 Intelligentsia and Spiritual Production; 5.4 Cultural Oasis and Cultural Desert; 6 Rise and Fall of Cultural Destiny; 6.1 The Space, Time, and Vitality of Culture; 6.2 Cultural Evolution and Retrogression; 6.3 Tradition: Life Pattern of National Culture; 6.4 Benchmarks of Cultural Destiny; 6.4.1 The Law of Cultural Accumulation and Progressive Achievement
6.4.2 Cultural Subjectivity and the Principle of SelectionPart II Chinese Culture; 7 Value Orientations of Chinese Traditional Culture; 7.1 The Positioning of ``Man''; 7.1.1 Deity, Heaven, and Man: ``Respect to Heaven and Reverence to Destiny''?; 7.1.2 Others and Self: ``Forget the Individual in the Interest of the Group''?; 7.1.3 Personality, Family, and Self: ``Self-cultivation, Family Harmony, State Governance, and World Peace''?; 7.1.4 ``Official Standard'': The Negation of Oneself; 7.2 Righteousness and Profits, and Name and Reality
7.2.1 ``The Debate on Righteousness and Profit'': Righteousness Outweighing Profit?7.2.2 ``The Debate on Principle and Desire'': Men Are Born Evil?; 7.2.3 ``Debate on Name and Reality'': To Prove the Name with Reality?; 7.3 Affection, Reasonability, and the Law; 7.3.1 ``Human Relationship Circle'' and ``Connection Network''; 7.3.2 From ``Rule of Rites'' to ``Rule of Law''; 8 Multiple Characters of Chinese Traditional Culture; 8.1 Way and Implements: Pursuit of the State of Life; 8.1.1 Sacrifice for the Truth; 8.2 Body and Function: Exploration into the Cultural Roots