Hui Shi and Gongsun Long: A Biography

Author: Yang Jun Guang
Publisher:
Publish Date: 1996-01-01
Features: The academic of the "School of Names" in pre-Qin China can be said to be the most dialectical part of ancient Chinese philosophy, as well as the most interesting and difficult to understand. Hui Shi and Gongsun Long are the two most famous representatives of the "School of Names." Based on extensive research and drawing on previous (investigations), annotations, and academic achievements, this book employs Marxist theory to conduct a detailed study of the lives, works, ideological systems, social roles, and historical status of these two figures, from historical perspectives to contemporary research and existing issues, arriving at a series of new structures and more impartial evaluations. The book also addresses textual errors, omissions, additions, and inversions in historical facts and literary sources, as well as many long-standing disputes that have made the ideological systems of the protagonists appear highly obscure or even incomprehensible. It provides applied research, textual criticism, interpretation, and analysis. The integration of historical commentary and textual interpretation with the analysis of thought is a prominent feature of this book.