Biography of Wang Fu

Author: Liu Wenying
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Publish Date: 2002-02-01
Features: Wang Fu, Cui Shi, and Zhong Changtong were all renowned political theorists and thinkers of the mid-to-late Eastern Han Dynasty, representing three important figures in the successive critical of Eastern Han society. This book systematically examines their lives, writings, and philosophical doctrines. Based on The Hidden Essays (Qianfu Lun), it provides an in-depth analysis of Wang Fu's intellectual origins and characteristics, offering a comprehensive evaluation of his political, legal, philosophical, ethical, and atheistic tendencies. According to the extant fragments of Political Discourses (Zheng Lun) and The Declarations (Chang Yan), it briefly assesses the political, legal, economic, and philosophical ideas of Cui Shi and Zhong Changtong. It fully acknowledges their theoretical contributions to social critique at the time, as well as their historical role and significance in bridging the gap between the Han Dynasty's Confucian scholarship and the subsequent emergence of Wei-Jin Xuanxue (Neo-Daoism).