Hui Shi and Gongsun Long: A Biography

Author: Yang Jun Guang
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Publish Date: 1992-05-01
Features: The academic of the "School of Names" in pre-Qin China can be said to be the most dialectical part of ancient Chinese philosophy, as well as the most interesting and difficult to understand. Hui Shi and Gongsun Long are the two most famous representatives of the "School of Names." Based on extensive research and drawing on previous (investigations), annotations, and academic achievements, this book employs Marxist theory to conduct a detailed study of the lives, works, ideological systems, social roles, and historical status of these two figures, starting from historical research up to the present day and addressing existing problems. It has derived a series of new structures and more fair evaluations. In the book, textual errors, omissions, additions, and inversions in historical facts and documents are examined, and many long-standing disputes that have made the ideological systems of the protagonists appear obscure or even incomprehensible are clarified through applied research, textual criticism, interpretation, and study. The integration of historical analysis and theoretical discussion, as well as the fusion of textual interpretation with ideological analysis, are the most prominent features of this book.