History of Chinese Philosophy, Volume 2: The Period of Classical Learning from the Second Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D

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 for the first time in paperback, it remains the most complete work on the subject in any language.

Volume I covers the period of the philosophers, from the beginnings to around 100 B.C., a philosophical period as remarkable as that of ancient Greece. Volume II discusses a period lesser known in the West--the period of classical learning, from the second century B.C. to the twentieth century.

Author: Feng Youlan
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 08/21/1983
Pages: 816
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.03lbs
Size: 8.47h x 5.47w x 1.96d
ISBN: 9780691020228

About the Author
Dr. Fung Yu-lan is generally recognized as China's leading historian of Chinese philosophy.