History of Chinese Philosophy, Volume 1: The Period of the Philosophers (from the Beginnings to Circa 100 B.C.)

by Feng Youlan

Book Overview

Since its original publication in Chinese in the 1930s, this work has been accepted by Chinese scholars as the most important contribution to the study of their country's philosophy. In 1952 the book was published by Princeton University Press in an English translation by the distinguished scholar of Chinese history, Derk Bodde, "the dedicated translator of Fung Yu-lan's huge history of Chinese philosophy" (New York Times Book Review). Available...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691020213
• ISBN13: 9780691020211
• Release Date: August 1983
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Profound and Comprehensive

Mr Fung Yu-Lan's writing is very comprehensive and profound. It gives a very good background knowledge on the Chinese Philosophy throughout the ages and what really shapes Chinese to behave, act and think they way they do in the current context. There is a lot of differences between Western Philosophy and that of Chinese per se. Good read but have to digest slowly. Not a book to be read at one go. Pause and think as you read. Mr Fung is perhaps, in my opinion, one very knowledgeable researcher and writer on this said topic. Bravo! Steven Lim (RSTN).