Biography of Dai Zhen

Author: Li Kai
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Publish Date: 1992-08-01
Features: This book is a comprehensive critical biography of Dai Zhen, a renowned Qing Dynasty linguist, natural scientist, philosopher, and thinker. The entire work arranges the available biographical information of Dai Zhen within the context of his academic, scientific, and philosophical development, blending narration with commentary. It focuses on providing a detailed analysis of the profound academic and philosophical issues of this great scholar of the Qing Dynasty, making it highly readable. The book is structured around Dai Zhen's research methods and the logical evolution of his philosophical thought, evaluating the historical and cultural background of his ideas, the distinction between his early and later thought, and the transformations within his thinking. It also assesses his achievements in classical studies, natural science, foundational scientific philosophy, historical geography, the linguistic interpretation philosophy of the humanities, new rationalist moral philosophy, economic ethics, and naive dialectics.