History of Chinese Philosophy (Volume 1 and 2) -- New Edition

Author: Feng Youlan
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Publish Date: 2000-11-01
Features: Feng Youlan's A History of Chinese Philosophy in two volumes is a complete modern Chinese philosophy history. Chen Yinke once reviewed this book, praising it as "rigorous in sources and precise in arguments. If one seeks a Chinese philosophy history that avoids the faults of forced connections and demonstrates sympathetic understanding, Feng's work comes close. The author adopts Western philosophical concepts to elucidate the learning of Ziyang, which explains its systematic structure and many new interpretations." The basic framework of this book has been widely accepted in the field of Chinese philosophy history. Many of its viewpoints (such as classifying the School of Names into two factions—Hui Shi's "Unity of Differences" and Gongsun Long's "Separation of Hard and White"—and identifying the thought of the Two Chengs as pioneers of the School of Mind and the School of Principle; as well as the similarities and differences between Cheng and Zhu, Lu and Wang, and Zhu and Wang, etc.) were unprecedented in the past and irrevisable in the future, becoming established conclusions in academia. This book is a foundational work in the discipline of Chinese philosophy history. It introduces readers to the history of Chinese philosophy, divided into two volumes. The first volume covers the era of the School of Names, while the second volume covers the era of the School of Classics. The book is rich in historical materials, thorough in detail, and offers novel and profound insights with incisive analysis. Theoretically rich, it holds high academic value and serves as a valuable reference for a broad readership.