Continuation of the Chronology of Song and Ming Neo-Confucian Scholars (Complete 5 Volumes)

Author: Yu Haoji
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: In the history of Chinese academic development, Neo-Confucianism during the Song and Ming dynasties, as a new form of Confucian thought, gradually became the mainstream of social thought after its formation in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty and exerted a profound influence on various aspects of Chinese society thereafter. Based on the preliminary work Chronological Biographies of Song and Ming Neo-Confucian Scholars, this book has also collected over twenty chronological biographies of eighteen renowned Neo-Confucian scholars such as Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Sima Guang, You Zu, Chen Guan, Zhu Xi, Yin Tong, Li Dong, Liu Zichao, Chen Chuanliang, Jin Lixiang, and Tang Shunzhi. These biographies are of significant research and reference value for studying the personal lives and Neo-Confucian thought of the scholars, as well as for understanding the formation, development, and evolution of Song and Ming Neo-Confucianism. It is worth mentioning that due to the upcoming publication of Chronological Biographies of Famous Scholars in Early Qing, which will compile the biographies of sixty-one scholars from the Shunzhi, Kangxi, and Yongzheng reigns, the biographies of early Qing Neo-Confucian scholars such as Sun Qifeng, Chen Que, Huang Zongxi, Lu Shiyi, Zhang Lixiang, Wang Fuzhi, Tang Bin, Li Yong, Lu Longqi, and Gu Yanwu, represented in that work, are not included in this book. The publication of Chronological Biographies of Song and Ming Neo-Confucian Scholars and its continuation was meticulously guided by Professor Chen Lai of the Department of Philosophy, Peking University. Sincere gratitude is extended to him for his guidance.