A Short History of Chinese Philosophy

Author: Feng Youlan
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: From the acceptance of disciplinary concepts to the establishment of a disciplinary system, Professor Feng Youlan's efforts in the early construction of the discipline of the history of Chinese philosophy are immortal. This book is one of Professor Feng's works that laid the foundational framework and pointed the direction for the history of Chinese philosophy. By accepting and absorbing the models and methods of Western philosophy, Feng Youlan approached the philosophical thoughts of pre-Qin thinkers such as Confucius, Mozi, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, and the School of Names from the perspectives of metaphysics, philosophy of life, and methodology, systematically studying them. He also organized and explained the philosophical ideas of the Neo-Confucian scholars from the Song and Ming dynasties, such as Zhou Lianxi, Zhang Hongqi, the Two Chengs, Zhu Xi, and Wang Yangming, viewing them as the mainstream of the inheritance and development of Chinese philosophy.