Evolutionism through Chinese Eyes
Yan Fu, Ma Junwu and Their translations of Darwinian Evolutionism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23197319 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tsing-song Vincent Shen (University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 49 |
| Publication date | 2015-04-10 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | ASIANetwork Exchange A Journal for Asian Studies in the Liberal Arts (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1943-9938 • E-ISSN: 1943-9946 |
| Publisher | Open Library of the Humanities (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.16995/ane.135 |
| OpenAlex | W2155971451 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 1 |
The huge impact that Darwinian Evolutionism has effected over Chinese intellectuals through Yan Fu's translation of Huxley's "Evolution and Ethics" into the Tianyanlun, is in fact based on Chinese traditional worldview on the one hand and the novel ideas it brings to the Chinese mind facing the challenge of transition. However, Yan Fu's translation is not as scientific as it should be when dealing with Huxley's discourse. Ma Junwu's translation of Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" attempts to be more scientific, in an effort to supply exact scientific terms and discourse in Chinese. However, at the end it is social Darwinism that has won the mind of the Chinese people. This paper analyses the ideas in Chinese past that leads to Chinese perception of Darwimism evolutionism and examines the ways it has been translated by Yan Fu and Ma Junwu.
Art · China · Chinese society · Darwin (ADL) · Darwinism · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Evolutionism · Literature · Political science · Politics · Social Darwinism · Sociology · Chinese history and philosophy · Computer Science · Evolution and Science Education · Law · Philosophy · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
| Citations per year | 0.71 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |