Biography of Xu Heng

Author: Xu Zhengfu
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: Xu Heng was an outstanding political figure, educator, and thinker in China during the 13th century. In the face of years of warfare and the peril of national culture, he propagated Confucianism and the (Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism), complementing Zhu Xi's thought with Lu Ji's, and reconciling the two, becoming an intermediary in the development from Zhu Xi's philosophy to Wang Yangming's thought. After the Mongols took control of China, he advocated implementing Han law, assisting Kublai Khan in establishing governance, restoring production, and advancing national unification. This book comprehensively and systematically elaborates on Xu Heng's life, philosophical thought, political thought, economic thought, philosophy of conduct and ethics, scientific and cultural thought, and educational thought, and evaluates his historical status, role, and social impact objectively. The appendix, "A Biography of Xu Qian," provides a thorough and systematic discussion of Xu Qian, a significant thinker and educator of the same era as Xu Heng, covering his life, cosmology, dialectical thought, epistemology, theory of human nature, moral theory, educational theory, political theory, as well as the role and characteristics of Xu Qian's thought.