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Editor's note
Reading is an important way for human beings to acquire knowledge, enlighten their wisdom, and cultivate morality. In order to thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping's cultural thoughts, cultivate and promote the good habit of reading for the whole people, and deepen the reading activities of the whole people, the official account of "Charming Qiaoxi" has opened a special column of "Scholarly Qiaoxi" to recommend high-quality reading lists and help the whole society form a strong atmosphere of loving reading, reading good books, and being good at reading. In this issue, we recommend "A Brief History of Chinese Philosophy".
Title: A Brief History of Chinese Philosophy
Author: Feng Youlan
A Brief History of Chinese Philosophy is an introductory book for learning ancient Chinese culture, drawing on traditional Chinese wisdom, and enlightening real life. It is a masterpiece written by the philosopher Mr. Feng Youlan when his thoughts were at the end of his mind. In 1947, Feng Youlan was hired as a chair professor at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States, lecturing on the history of Chinese philosophy. It has long been a common textbook for Chinese philosophy in universities around the world. In the 80s of the 20th century, Feng Youlan's students translated the English version into Chinese for the first time, which was published by Peking University Press in 1985. "A Brief History of Chinese Philosophy" opens up the relevant knowledge of ancient and modern China and foreign countries, and provides an in-depth and comprehensive explanation of Chinese philosophy from a macro and broad perspective. In the limited space, it integrates the understanding of traditional Chinese thought, culture, spirit, wisdom, etc., and each argument is supported by many records, and is elaborated according to the economy, society, and habits of the time, with rigorous logic and analysis. The author is good at looking at Chinese philosophy from a global perspective, and feeling the uniqueness and greatness of Chinese philosophy through comparison. It can be said that in this book, the author integrates the wisdom of history and thought, is full of the wisdom of life and the insight of philosophers, and entrusts the care of realistic life. "The purpose of studying philosophy is to enable man to be a human being and not to be a human being. "Philosophy in Feng Youlan's eyes is the idea of systematic reflection on life. Just as Chinese philosophy has always tended to emphasize that in order to become a saint, it is not necessary to do something different from the ordinary, philosophy is not far from our lives. In the old days, as long as a person was educated, he was enlightened by philosophy, and the first sentence of the "Three Character Classic" used by children to read and write, "At the beginning of man, nature is good", is one of the basic concepts of Mencius's philosophy. Chinese philosophy focuses on society, not the universe, on human ethics, not on hell and heaven, on this life, not on the afterlife. Therefore, in this book, you can see the thinking of Chinese about real life. "The history of mankind is constantly progressing, and the same is true of the history of Chinese philosophy. "When it comes to thinking, people are often limited by the circumstances in which they live. Chinese culture, especially Chinese philosophy, is influenced by many factors such as geography, economy, and culture of the Chinese nation. Each school of thought has risen in different historical backgrounds and social environments, and has developed through mutual exchange and mutual influence, reflecting people's thinking and exploration of life, morality and social governance at that time. Therefore, in this book, you can also see why traditional Chinese culture is endless. A Brief History of Chinese Philosophy is a journey into ideal life and a map into Chinese culture. Because the book was originally a lecture note, its language is extremely fluent, and because it was translated in the eighties, its text is extremely suitable for contemporary reading. On World Book Day, let's open this good book that is worth reading again and again.
Written by: Zhang Yang
Editor: Zhang Yang
Editor: Chen Wei, Gao Yang
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