A Concise History of Chinese Philosophy

Author: Feng Youlan
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Publish Date: 2001-06-07
Features: "A Short History of Chinese Philosophy" is the English lecture notes on the history of Chinese philosophy delivered by Professor Feng Youlan at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States in 1947. It was later compiled and published by Macmillan Company in 1948. This book has never had a Chinese version. In 1985, Professor Tu Youguang, a student of Professor Feng, translated the English text into Chinese and published it by Peking University Press. "A Short History of Chinese Philosophy" is the English lecture notes on the history of Chinese philosophy delivered by Professor Feng Youlan at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States in 1947. It was later compiled and published by Macmillan Company in 1948. After its publication, French, Italian, and Yugoslav translations were also published, and it had a significant influence in Europe and America. This book did not have a Chinese version in the past, but now it is translated into Chinese by the author's student, Tu Youguang, according to the English text, for the reference of comrades engaged in teaching and researching the history of Chinese philosophy. The Chinese translation has verified each sentence cited from ancient Chinese literature in the English text.