Selected Works of Hong Qian / Classics of Philosophy from Peking University

Author: Chen Lai
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Hong Qian, also known as Hong Qian, styled as Shoushi. His ancestral home was in She County, Anhui. He was born in Fujian in 1909. While studying pre-law at Southeast University, he published an article on Wang Yangming in Xueheng. Kang Youwei, upon seeing it, found him to have great philosophical talent and thus invited him to meet at the Shanghai Yushu Academy, recommending him to study under Liang Qichao. Later, Liang Qichao introduced him to the Imperial University of Tokyo in Japan to study under the authority, Yu Zhe Ren. However, due to illness, he stayed in Japan for only half a year before returning. After returning, he attended the preparatory course at the School of Chinese Studies at Tsinghua University for a year, receiving careful guidance from Liang Qichao and Liang Tingcan. Hong Qian's main works were first written and published in German or English, then translated into Chinese. This was partly because it was easier to find Chinese translations than original texts, and partly because the original texts allowed readers to better understand his academic contributions. Therefore, we have included the most important several foreign-language articles in their original form, along with corresponding translations.