History of Chinese Philosophy, Volume 2:
The Period of Classical Learning from the Second Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D
Yu-lan Fung
Translated by Derk Bodde

Paper | 1983 | $55.00 / £37.95
812 pp.

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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.

Another Princeton book by Yu-lan Fung:

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

Subject Areas:

• Asian and Asian American Studies
• Philosophy
• Religion

Paper: Not for sale in South Asia

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Paper: $55.00 ISBN13: 978-0-691-02022-8

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Paper: £37.95 ISBN13: 978-0-691-02022-8

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