Feng Youlan lived from 4 December 1895 to 26 November 1990 and was a Chinese philosopher, historian and writer instrumental in reintroducing the study of Chinese philosophy in the modern era; in early scholarship he was published and discussed under the Wade-Giles name Fung Yu-lan, as used in the Bodde translation of his own A History of Chinese Philosophy and in the work of Wing-tsit Chan, and his works still saw publication under that name at the end of the twentieth century.
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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account Defining MomentSourced to the subject's own accountWhile at Tsinghua, Feng published his best-known and most influential work, A History of Chinese Philosophy (1934), which became the standard work in its field and had a huge effect in reigniting interest in Chinese thought. 1 Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account Notable PublicationSourced to the subject's own accountA History of Chinese Philosophy (1934) 1 Office HeldSourced to the subject's own accountPresident of Tsinghua University, December 1948 to May 1949 1 Death YearSourced to the subject's own account Death DateSourced to the subject's own account BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own accountTanghe County, Nanyang, Henan, China 1 Death PlaceSourced to the subject's own account TraditionSourced to the subject's own accountChinese philosophy; developed Xin Lixue (New Rational Philosophy), a rationalistic Neo-Confucian metaphysics 1 Classification
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1. Feng Youlan (Wikipedia)
WikipediaEarly life section
Feng Youlan was born on 4 December 1895 in Tanghe County, Nanyang, Henan, China, to a middle-class family.
War and upheaval section
He died on 26 November 1990 in Beijing.
Early life, education and career section
In 1939, Feng brought out his Xin Lixue (New Rational Philosophy, or Neo-Lixue). Feng's book took certain metaphysical notions from their thought and from taoism (such as li and tao), analyzed and developed them in ways that owed much to the Western philosophical tradition, and produced a rationalistic neo-Confucian metaphysics.
Early life section, birth year
Feng Youlan was born on 4 December 1895 in Tanghe County, Nanyang, Henan, China, to a middle-class family.
Early life, education and career section, History of Chinese Philosophy
It was while at Tsinghua that Feng published what was to be his best-known and most influential work, his History of Chinese Philosophy (1934, in two volumes).
Early life, education and career section, standard work reception
Nevertheless, the book became the standard work in its field, and had a huge effect in reigniting an interest in Chinese thought.
War and upheaval section, Tsinghua presidency
He served as President of Tsinghua University from December 1948 to May 1949 because of Zhang Dongsun's refusal
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