ABSTRACT
This paper read Hu Lancheng
as an example of Neo-Confucian who endeavored to call
the spirits of traditional Chinese culture. Examining
the unpublished letters between Hu and Tang Junyi the contemporary
Neo-Confucian, this paper attempts to explore the question
of Chinese modernity. Such a dialogic reading of the two
minds helps illuminate their projects of returning to and/or
redeeming the past.