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This study presents Wang Guowei's contribution to the intellectual debates of his time and his position within the academia of Republican China. As a scholar who was familiar with Western philosophy, Wang Guowei assumed a unique position between cultural conservatives like Liang Qichao and Zhang Taiyan or modernists like Hu Shi and Chen Duxiu.

The present work of Piotr Adamek offers the first comprehensive study in a Western language on the history of name tabooing (bihui), a cultural practice highly relevant for historical research on imperial China.

A key reference work in the research on the history of Christianity in China and welcome addition to the "The Chinese Face of Jesus Christ" series.

Revision of author's 2006 dissertation entitled Learning from the other (via publisher's email).

This Festschrift is dedicated to the former Director and Editor-in-chief of the Monumenta Serica Institute in Sankt Augustin (Germany), Roman Malek, S.V.D. in recognition of his scholarly commitment to China.

First published in 1943. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.