...Lau Chi Pang The Philosophy of Wu Ch'eng: A Neo-Confucian of the Yüan Dynasty . By David Gedalecia . Indiana University Oriental Series, no. 8. Bloomington : Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, Indiana University , 1999 . xvi , 206 pp. $39.00 (cloth). Copyright ©...

...David Gedalecia BOOK REVIEWS CHINA AND INNER ASIA 725 The weakness in Wilson's book is one of omission. In his introduction he sets out a theoretical framework which draws on recent developments in cultural and literary thought, and sets the stage for his discussion of Confucianism as ideological...

... (tradition of the Way), T'ai-cbi (the Great Ultimate), and elementary moral cultivation (as presented in the Hsiao-hsiieh) are masterful and constitute perhaps the most indispensable part of this volume. BOOK REVIEWS CHINA AND INNER ASIA 739 Complementing Wing-tsit Chan's contribution is David Gedalecia's...

.... This is of course a strong and necessary support to Gedalecia's presentation of Wu Ch'eng's philosophy. It is also most helpful for readers who do not have access to Wu Ch'eng's writings. Although it is an in-depth study of the philosophy of Wu Ch'eng and an important treatise on Yuan thought, this book does...

...: The Compositon of the Liao, Chin and Sung Histories"; H. Franke, "Tibetans in Yuan China"; and David Gedalecia, "Wu Ch'eng and the Perpetuation of the Classical Heritage in the Yuan." The other equally excellent but less dominant contributions are David H. Farquhar, "Structure and Function in the Yuan Imperial...

... or fair to attempt a critical review of each article. Hence, a ranked enumeration should suffice. The strongest articles are Hok-lam Chan, "Chinese Official Historiography at the Yuan Court: The Compositon of the Liao, Chin and Sung Histories"; H. Franke, "Tibetans in Yuan China"; and David Gedalecia, "Wu...

... A., 179, 808, 1002 Frankenstein, John, 707 Frederick, William H., 1084 Freitag, Sandria B., 752 Frieson, Kate, 224 Frost, MarciaJ., 1052 Fu, Zhengyuan, 118 Ganguly, Sumit, 493, 494 Gay, Suzanne, 461 Gedalecia, David, 727 Gessel, Van C, 1014 Gibert, Stephen P., 968 1128 Glaser, Bonnie, 429 Gordon, Leonard...

... and Autumn period relevant to Sung China, Alan Wood has made Sun and company relevant to contemporary China. DAVID GEDALECIA College of Wooster JAPAN Japanese Women: New Feminist Perspectives on the Past, Present, and Future. Edited by K U M I K O F U J I M U R A - F A N S E L O W and A T S U K O K A M E D...

... THOMPSON] WOOD, Limits to Autocracy: From Sung Neo-Confucianism to a Doctrine of Political Rights [DAVID GEDALECIA] YAN and GAO; KWOK (ed. and trans Turbulent Decade: A History of the Cultural Revolution [R. KEITH SCHOPPA] ZHANG, Mao's Military Romanticism: China and the Korean War, 1950-1953 [BRUCE J...

... GUTHRIE] GEDALECIA, The Philosophy ofWu Ch'eng: A Neo-Confucian of the Yuan Dynasty [LAU C H I PANG] GILLETTE, Between Mecca and Beijing: Modernization and Consumption among Urban Chinese Muslims [SARA L. FRIEDMAN] GOLDMAN and PERRY (eds Changing Meanings of Citizenship in Modern China [SUZANNE OGDEN...

... or not, it is interesting that he did make a scientific discovery. Other specific subjects that have aroused new interests are the Great Ultimate and t'i-yungch (substance and function). In a well-documented article,63 David Gedalecia theorizes that Chu Hsi developed the concept of the Great Ultimate in four stages...