SELECTED PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS OF FUNG YU-LAN 内容简介

the essavs collected in this volume. 'all originally wrirten in english for a non-chinese audience, are taken from those writings of fung yu-lan that are relatively far-reaching and concise. as a whole. fung's writings are the result of contact betveen eastern and westem cultures and of the modernization of chinese philosophy. he investigated philosophy in the light of all of its cultural manifestations, taking the problem of life as his focus. along such a trend and under the guidance of professor john dewey, he completed his doctoral dissertation. "a comparative study of life ideals"at columbia university in 1923 (published in 1924).the work presents the young author's achievements in his endeavour to have a thorough knowledge of both western and chinese philosophies and their life ideals and to pursue the highest ideal of life as he saw it.
after the publication of his two-volume a history of chinese philosophy ( t 930- t 936), fung turned his interest to the attempt to create a modern system of chinese philosophy, thereafter successively publishing six books about his neo-confucianism. then he returned again to the study of the history of chinese philosophy and wrote in english a short history of chinese philosophy (1946-1947). the experience of creating his own philosophical system made him more penetrating in comprehension and more explicit in expression than he was when preparing his large history.in order to meet the need of western readers, he often explained chinese philosophy in comparison with western philosophy. from this philosophical comparison he came to a social conclusion: "in order to live in a modern world, china has to be modernized." his short history was published by macmillan company in 1948, followed by french, italian and yugoslavic,versions translated from the english original.
作者简介：
fung yu-lan，ph．d；chinese philosopher；b．dec．4th 1895，tangho，honan province；married jen tsai kun；ed．china inst，shanghai，peking univ．and columbia univ，u．s．a；prof．of phijosophy，chungchou univ，kaifeng,1 923—25，yenching univ，1 926-28，chinghua univ,1928—52；dean，coil．of arts，head，dept．of philosophy,chinghua univ，1933—52；dean，coil．of arts，southwestassociated univ，1939-46；visiting prof，univ．of pennsylvania，usa，1947；chief,div．of chinese philosophy,research inst．0f philosophy，academia．sinica，1 954-66；prof,peking univ，1952,hon·degrees from princeton univ，columbia univ．(usa),univ of delhi(india)．
pubcations．a comparative study ofzce ideods(1924),a conception of life(1924),a history of chinese philosophy(two volumes1930-36),a new treatise on neoconfucianism(1938).china'sroad to freedom(1939)a new treatise on the way ofliving(1939),a new treatise on the nature of man(1942),the si#n't of chinese philosophy(1942，a new treatise on the methodology ofmetaphysics(1948),collectedessays in wartime(1948),a short history ofchinese pnaosophy(1948)a new edition ofa history ofchinese philosophy(in seven volumes，the first three aleardy published，the rest in preparation)(1983—85)，my memoirs(1984),the collected works of fung yu-lan(in fourteen volumes，the first volume already published)(1985)

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SELECTED PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS OF FUNG YU-LAN 目录

a comparative study of life ideals
introduction
part ⅰ
the idealization of nature and the way of decrease
chapter ⅰ
romanticisms: chuang tzu
chapter ⅱ
idealism: plato
chapter ⅲ
nihilism: schopenhauer
chapter ⅳ
conclusion of part ⅰ
part ⅱ
the idealization of art and the way of increase
chapter ⅴ
hedonism: yang chu
chapter ⅵ
utilitarianism: mo tzu
chapter ⅶ
progresivism: descartes, bacon, and fichte
chapter ⅷ
conclusion of partⅱ
part ⅲ
the idealization of the continuity of nature and art and the good of activity
chapter ⅸ
confucius
chapterⅹ
aristotle
chapter ?
neo-confucianism
chapter ?
hegel
chapter ⅹⅲ
conclusion of part ⅲ
chapter ⅹⅳ
general conclusion
a short history of chinese philosophy
chapter ⅰ
the spirit of chinese philosophy
chapterⅱ
the background of chinese philosophy
chapter ⅲ
the origin of the schools
chapter ⅳ
confucius, the first teacher
chapter ⅴ
mo tzu, the first opponent of confucius
chapter ⅵ
the first phase of taoism: yang chu
chapter ⅶ
the idealistic wing of confucianism: mencius
chapter ⅷ
the school of names
chapter ⅸ
the second phase of taoism: lao tzu
chapter ⅹ
the third phase of taoism: chuang tzu
chapter ?
the later mohists
chapter ?
the yin-yang school and early chinese cosmogony
chapter ⅹⅲ
the realistic wing of confucianism: hsun tzu
chapter ⅹⅳ
han fei tzu and the legalist school
chapter ⅹⅴ
confucianist metaphysics
chapter ⅹⅵ
world politics and world philosophy
chapter ⅹⅴⅱ
theorizer of the han empire tung chung--shu
chapterⅹⅴⅲ
the ascendancy of confucianism and revival of taoism
chapter ⅹⅸ
neo-taoism:the rationalists
chapter ⅹⅹ
neo-taoism:the sentimentalists
chapter ⅹⅹⅰ
the foundation of chinese buddhism
chapter ⅹⅹⅱ
chanism: the philosophy of silence
chapterⅹⅹⅲ
neo-confucianism: the cosmologists
chapter ⅹⅹⅸ
neo-confucianism: the beginning of the two schools
chapter ⅹⅹⅴ
neo-confucianism the school of platonic ideas
chapter ⅹⅹⅴⅰ
neo-confucianism: the school of universal mind
chapter ⅹⅹⅴⅱ
the introduction of western philosophy
chapter ⅹⅹⅴⅲ
chinese philosophy in the modern world
essays and speeches
why china has no science--an interpretation of the history and consequences of chinese philosophy
the confucianist theory of mourning, sacrificial and wedding rites
the place of confucius in chinese history
philosophy in contemporary china
the origin ofju and mo
the philosophy at the basis of traditional chinese society
the traditional chinese family system
a general statement on neo-confucianism
speech of response delivered at the convocation of september 10,1982, at columbia university
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SELECTED PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS OF FUNG YU-LAN 节选

The essavs collected in this volume. 'all originally wrirten in English for a non-Chinese audience, are taken from those writings of Fung Yu-lan that are relatively far-reaching and concise. As a whole. Fung's writings are the result of contact betveen Eastern and westem cultures and of the modernization of Chinese philosophY. He investigated philosophy in the light of all of its cultural manifestations, taking the problem of life as his focus. Along such a trend and under the guidance of Professor John Dewey, he completed his doctoral dissertation. "A Comparative Study of Life Ideals"at Columbia University in 1923 (published in 1924).The work presents the young author's achievements in his endeavour to have a thorough knowledge of both Western and Chinese philosophies and their life ideals and to pursue the highest ideal of life as he saw it.After the publication of his two-volume A History of Chinese Philosophy ( t 930- t 936), Fung turned his interest to the attempt to create a modern system of Chinese philosophy, thereafter successively publishing six books about his Neo-Confucianism. Then he returned again to the study of the history of Chinese philosophy and wrote in English A Short History of Chinese Philosophy (1946-1947). The experience of creating his own philosophical system made him more penetrating in comprehension and more explicit in expression than he was when preparing his large history.In order to meet the need of Western readers, he often explained Chinese philosophy in comparison with Western philosophy. From this philosophical comparison he came to a social conclusion: "In order to live in a modern world, China has to be modernized." His Short History was published by Macmillan Company in 1948, followed by French, Italian and Yugoslavic,versions translated from the English original.

SELECTED PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS OF FUNG YU-LAN 本书特色

The two works mentioned above titan Pah I ofthisbook，alld six essays on Chinese philosophy and a speechform PartII．All the essays except the first one ale supplementsto and developmentt of his two volume tlistory．Thefirst essay,entitled“Why China Has No Science”andpublished in the International Journal of Ethies in 1922，interprers and answers this question mainly throughphilosophy（i．e．ideology），though it also points out：the imporralice of geography,climate and economicconditions．Another essay,“Philosophy in Contempo-rary China．”first read before the Eighth InternationalPhilosophy Congress,Prague，1934，updates his His-wry to comment on the development of philosophy in China since the May 4rh Movement of 1919。This book is conduded by the“Speech of ResponseDelivered at the Convocadon ofSeptember 10．1982 inColumbia University”when Fung was bestowed thcdegree of Doctor of Leiters．bonoris causa，at Colum-bia University．In this speech he Fcviews his long jour-ncy of sixtY years after his graduation from Columbia and the three stages of development of his academicthought．He says：“I live in a period of conflict andconrradiction between difieredt cultures．My problemis how co understand the nature of this conflict andcontradiction，how to deal with it,and hoW to adjustmyself within this conflict and contracliction．I alwaysrecall one line that appears in the Book ofPoetry of theConfucian classics．It reads，'AIthough Chou is arl oldnafion,it has a new mission……China is an ancientnation which has a new mission，and that nlission ismodernization。”For sixty years Fung's efforts have been，in his own words，“to preserve the identity and indi-viduality of the ancient nation,yet，at the same time，to promore the fillfillmenl：ofthe new mission．”

SELECTED PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS OF FUNG YU-LAN 目录

a comparative study of life ideals
introduction
part ⅰ
the idealization of nature and the way of decrease
chapter ⅰ
romanticisms: chuang tzu
chapter ⅱ
idealism: plato
chapter ⅲ
nihilism: schopenhauer
chapter ⅳ
conclusion of part ⅰ
part ⅱ
the idealization of art and the way of increase
chapter ⅴ
hedonism: yang chu
chapter ⅵ
utilitarianism: mo tzu
chapter ⅶ
progresivism: descartes, bacon, and fichte
chapter ⅷ
conclusion of partⅱ
part ⅲ
the idealization of the continuity of nature and art and the good of activity
chapter ⅸ
confucius
chapterⅹ
aristotle
chapter ?
neo-confucianism
chapter ?
hegel
chapter ⅹⅲ
conclusion of part ⅲ
chapter ⅹⅳ
general conclusion
a short history of chinese philosophy
chapter ⅰ
the spirit of chinese philosophy
chapterⅱ
the background of chinese philosophy
chapter ⅲ
the origin of the schools
chapter ⅳ
confucius, the first teacher
chapter ⅴ
mo tzu, the first opponent of confucius
chapter ⅵ
the first phase of taoism: yang chu
chapter ⅶ
the idealistic wing of confucianism: mencius
chapter ⅷ
the school of names
chapter ⅸ
the second phase of taoism: lao tzu
chapter ⅹ
the third phase of taoism: chuang tzu
chapter ?
the later mohists
chapter ?
the yin-yang school and early chinese cosmogony
chapter ⅹⅲ
the realistic wing of confucianism: hsun tzu
chapter ⅹⅳ
han fei tzu and the legalist school
chapter ⅹⅴ
confucianist metaphysics
chapter ⅹⅵ
world politics and world philosophy
chapter ⅹⅴⅱ
theorizer of the han empire tung chung--shu
chapterⅹⅴⅲ
the ascendancy of confucianism and revival of taoism
chapter ⅹⅸ
neo-taoism:the rationalists
chapter ⅹⅹ
neo-taoism:the sentimentalists
chapter ⅹⅹⅰ
the foundation of chinese buddhism
chapter ⅹⅹⅱ
chanism: the philosophy of silence
chapterⅹⅹⅲ
neo-confucianism: the cosmologists
chapter ⅹⅹⅸ
neo-confucianism: the beginning of the two schools
chapter ⅹⅹⅴ
neo-confucianism the school of platonic ideas
chapter ⅹⅹⅴⅰ
neo-confucianism: the school of universal mind
chapter ⅹⅹⅴⅱ
the introduction of western philosophy
chapter ⅹⅹⅴⅲ
chinese philosophy in the modern world
essays and speeches
why china has no science--an interpretation of the history and consequences of chinese philosophy
the confucianist theory of mourning, sacrificial and wedding rites
the place of confucius in chinese history
philosophy in contemporary china
the origin ofju and mo
the philosophy at the basis of traditional chinese society
the traditional chinese family system
a general statement on neo-confucianism
speech of response delivered at the convocation of september 10,1982, at columbia university
index

SELECTED PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS OF FUNG YU-LAN 节选

The essavs collected in this volume. 'all originally wrirten in English for a non-Chinese audience, are taken from those writings of Fung Yu-lan that are relatively far-reaching and concise. As a whole. Fung's writings are the result of contact betveen Eastern and westem cultures and of the modernization of Chinese philosophY. He investigated philosophy in the light of all of its cultural manifestations, taking the problem of life as his focus. Along such a trend and under the guidance of Professor John Dewey, he completed his doctoral dissertation. "A Comparative Study of Life Ideals"at Columbia University in 1923 (published in 1924).The work presents the young author's achievements in his endeavour to have a thorough knowledge of both Western and Chinese philosophies and their life ideals and to pursue the highest ideal of life as he saw it.After the publication of his two-volume A History of Chinese Philosophy ( t 930- t 936), Fung turned his interest to the attempt to create a modern system of Chinese philosophy, thereafter successively publishing six books about his Neo-Confucianism. Then he returned again to the study of the history of Chinese philosophy and wrote in English A Short History of Chinese Philosophy (1946-1947). The experience of creating his own philosophical system made him more penetrating in comprehension and more explicit in expression than he was when preparing his large history.In order to meet the need of Western readers, he often explained Chinese philosophy in comparison with Western philosophy. From this philosophical comparison he came to a social conclusion: "In order to live in a modern world, China has to be modernized." His Short History was published by Macmillan Company in 1948, followed by French, Italian and Yugoslavic,versions translated from the English original.