{"product_id":"qun-xue-si-yan-群學肆言-the-study-of-sociology1903-4-volumes-the-earliest-chinese-translation-of-herbert-spencer-s-the-study-of-sociology","title":"Qun Xue Si Yan 群學肆言 [The Study of Sociology] 1903. 4 volumes. The landmark in introducing sociology to China","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e著者\u003c\/span\u003e(Author)\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e：嚴復 Yan Fu, Herbert Spencer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e出版元\u003c\/span\u003e(Publisher)\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e：上海文明編譯書局, Shanghai\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e刊行年\u003c\/span\u003e(Publishing Date)\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e：1903\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e裝幀\u003c\/span\u003e(Binding)\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e：\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eThread-bound\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eコンディション\u003c\/span\u003e(Condition)\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e：Very Good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eサイズ\u003c\/span\u003e(Size)\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e：25.5x15cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"76\" data-end=\"547\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"76\" data-end=\"92\"\u003eQun Xue Yi Yan\u003c\/em\u003e (群學肄言), the Chinese translation of Herbert Spencer’s \u003cem data-start=\"146\" data-end=\"170\"\u003eThe Study of Sociology\u003c\/em\u003e, was produced by Yan Fu (1854–1921), the leading late Qing enlightenment thinker and a pioneering figure in the introduction of Western social thought to China. First published in 1903, it represents the earliest Chinese rendering of Spencer’s sociological work and constitutes the landmark in the introduction of sociology to China.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"549\" data-end=\"1144\"\u003eIn translating Spencer, Yan Fu adopted and systematized the term \u003cem data-start=\"614\" data-end=\"622\"\u003equnxue\u003c\/em\u003e (群學, “the study of groups\/society”), a neologism he had earlier coined while translating Thomas Huxley. The concept deliberately fused classical Chinese philosophical vocabulary—particularly ideas of social order and collective life drawn from the \u003cem data-start=\"871\" data-end=\"878\"\u003eXunzi\u003c\/em\u003e—with Western sociological theory. Through \u003cem data-start=\"921\" data-end=\"937\"\u003eQun Xue Yi Yan\u003c\/em\u003e, Yan explicitly equated \u003cem data-start=\"962\" data-end=\"970\"\u003equnxue\u003c\/em\u003e with the Western discipline of sociology, thereby establishing the first sustained conceptual bridge between traditional Chinese social philosophy and modern social science.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1146\" data-end=\"1584\"\u003eAlthough the Japanese-derived term \u003cem data-start=\"1181\" data-end=\"1192\"\u003eshehuixue\u003c\/em\u003e (社會學) later became the standard Chinese translation of “sociology,” Yan Fu’s formulation of \u003cem data-start=\"1285\" data-end=\"1293\"\u003equnxue\u003c\/em\u003e marked the initial stage of disciplinary translation and intellectual adaptation. The publication of \u003cem data-start=\"1395\" data-end=\"1411\"\u003eQun Xue Yi Yan\u003c\/em\u003e is therefore widely regarded as a foundational event in the formation of modern Chinese sociology and the broader reception of Western social theory in late imperial China.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFor deliveries within Japan, a 10% consumption tax applies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"嚴復 Yan Fu, Herbert Spencer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45340341600428,"sku":null,"price":188000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/senkei.co.jp\/products\/qun-xue-si-yan-%e7%be%a4%e5%ad%b8%e8%82%86%e8%a8%80-the-study-of-sociology1903-4-volumes-the-earliest-chinese-translation-of-herbert-spencer-s-the-study-of-sociology","provider":"泉溪古書店","version":"1.0","type":"link"}