This book examines China’s essential legacy through a trinity structure: historical regimes, cultural milestones, and philosophical trends. It approaches Chinese history through the lens of influential dynasties, analyzing their continuous impact from antiquity to the present. The comprehensive coverage explores multiple dimensions including political, social, artistic, literary, and aesthetic spheres. The author aims to rediscover Chinese heritage with practical relevance to contemporary human conditions, offering fresh perspectives on selected elements of China’s legacy. These include the Silk Road renaissance, ecumenic pursuit’s longevity, China’s mixed political model, and the essence of Chinese aesthetics. By examining how past achievements can inform present circumstances, this book provides readers with a nuanced understanding of China’s historical and cultural contributions while considering their modern applications and significance in today’s global context. 

Keping Wang (i.e., Wang Keping) is a senior fellow of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and an emeritus professor of Beijing International Studies University. His major publications in Chinese and English include the Reflections on Transcultural Aesthetics; Studies of the Poetics in Plato’s Republic; and Moral Poetics in Plato’s Laws；Reading the Dao: A Thematic Inquiry; Harmonism as an Alternative; and Beauty and Human Existence in Chinese Philosophy. 

He was formerly a visiting scholar at Asian Studies Department of Toronto University (1998–1999), a visiting fellow at St. Anne’s College of Oxford University (2000), a visiting or guest professor at School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry of Sydney University (2010), Sciences Politiques de Bordeaux (2017), and School of Philosophy of Athens University (2019), vice president of Chinese Society for Aesthetics (CSA), deputy at large of International Association for Aesthetics (IAA), and vice president of International Society for Universal Dialogue (ISUD).