ABSTRACT
In the mid-1980s, a small group of Beijing scholars set out to revive the study of traditional Chinese culture. Colleagues throughout China helped identify centers of learning in the Chinese humanities at major universities. Academicians, intellectuals, editors, and publishers offered to help establish an institution that could be independent in its finances, administration, and curriculum. Thus they began the Academy of Chinese Culture, which would facilitate research and teaching in literature, history, and philosophy.
