Within the Four Seas The Dialogue of East and West

First published in 1969. Contains some of Joseph Needham's most significant essays, lectures and broadcasts on the history of Chinese science, technology and culture. Also included are some more personal thoughts stimulated by his own travels and experiences in China, including a number of poems. The book discusses the valuable social and intellectual influences which have flowed to Europe from South as well as East Asia, and suggests that the events of the twentieth century were a natural development of Chinese history, not a deviation from it.

Chapter 1 THE DIALOGUE OF EAST AND WEST; Chapter 2 THE PAST IN CHINA'S PRESENT; Chapter 3 THE CHINESE CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENTIFIC HUMANISM; Chapter 4 A POEM IN HIS OWN STYLE(for Rexvi Alley); Chapter 5 THE WAYS OF SZECHUAN; Chapter 6 THE 2500TH BIRTHDAY OF CONFUCIUS; Chapter 7 THE CONFUCIAN TEMPLE AT CHHANG-AN; Chapter 8 SAINTS IN CHINESE CULTURE; Chapter 9 THE BALLAD OF MÊNG CHIANG NÜ WEEPING AT THE GREAT WALL; Chapter 10 JOB THE PAYNIM; Chapter 11 AT THE TOMB OF THE PRINCESS; Chapter 12 THE HOUSE OF WISDOM; Chapter 13 SCIENCE AND PEACE-THE ASIAN ASPECT; Chapter 14 THE FRAGRANCE OF FRIENDSHIP; Chapter 15 A POEM FOR A CHINESE FRIEND; Chapter 16 WESTERN MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT EAST ASIA; Chapter 17 YENAN; Chapter 18 SHAO-SHAN1964; Chapter 19 PSYCHOLOGY AND SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT IN EAST AND WEST; Chapter 20 THE PILGRIM COMES AGAIN TO CHHIEN-FO-TUNG; Chapter 21 SCIENCE AND RELIGION IN THE LIGHT OF ASIA; Chapter 22 CHRISTIANITY AND THE ASIAN CULTURES;

JOSEPH NEEDHAM