List of IllustrationsPrefaceIntroduction: China and the East Asian Renaissance, Toward a New World OrderChapter One The Return of the Native: The Fall and Rise of Confucius in Modern ChinaChapter Two Chinese Authoritarianism: The Role of Legalism and Militarism in the Making of Modern ChinaChapter Three The Daoist Cycle of Life and the Way of Returning to the Fundamental: Millenarian Prophecy and the Environmental Movement in Contemporary ChinaChapter Four The Return of the Nonnative: The Buddhist Revival in Contemporary ChinaChapter Five Back to the Future? Prospects for Confucianism and Chinese Traditions in Contemporary ChinaConcluding ReflectionsEpiloguePostscriptNotesFurther ReadingIndex