Hu Shi Collection 6

Author: Ouyang Zhesheng
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Publish Date: 1999-11-01
Features: This volume includes "A Study of the Pre-Qin School of Names," "A History of Ancient Chinese Philosophy," "A Long History of Medieval Chinese Thought," and "A Short History of Medieval Chinese Thought." "A Study of the Pre-Qin School of Names" was a doctoral dissertation written in English by Hu Shi from September 1915 to April 1917 at Columbia University in the United States, titled "A Study of the Development of Logical Method in Ancient China" (translated by Hu Shi as "The Evolution of Ancient Chinese Philosophical Method"). "A History of Ancient Chinese Philosophy" was originally titled "Outlines of the History of Chinese Philosophy, Volume 1." This book was initially a lecture manuscript for Hu Shi's course "Outlines of the History of Chinese Philosophy" at Peking University, which was later mimeographed as a teaching material within the university. "A Long History of Medieval Chinese Thought" survives as a seven-chapter manuscript by Hu Shi, completed in 1930, and mimeographed by China University the same year. "A Short History of Medieval Chinese Thought" is a lecture outline for Hu Shi's course "History of Medieval Chinese Thought" at the College of Liberal Arts, Peking University in 1931, originally titled "An Outline of the History of Medieval Chinese Thought."