Zheng Qiao: A Critical Biography -(89)

Author: Xu Youfu
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Publish Date: 1998-12-01
Features: This book is one of the "Commentaries on Chinese Thinkers Series," telling the story of Zheng Qiao, a renowned thinker, historian, linguist, textual scholar, and naturalist. He dedicated his life to academic research and made significant achievements in fields such as Confucian classics, music and rites, linguistics, natural sciences, textual studies, and historiography. His academic purpose was to eliminate falsehood and cut off superstition. Zheng Qiao possessed a rigorous scientific attitude. He not only strove to read all the books in the world but also placed great emphasis on inscriptions and maps, advocated social investigation, and believed in the combination of theory and practice, putting these principles into action himself. In his academic pursuits, he paid attention to bibliographies, valued textual criticism, and excelled in analysis and induction. Zheng Qiao had a distinct "synthesis" philosophy, integrating knowledge from all over the world to form his own unique views. He compiled his lifelong research into the 200-volume Comprehensive Histories, establishing a monumental legacy for himself. At the end of the book, the appendices Zheng Qiao Concise Biography and A Study of Zheng Qiao's Works systematically and clearly reflect Zheng Qiao's life and academic accomplishments.