Philosopher

Feng Youlan

Overview

Feng Youlan (Chinese: 馮友蘭; Wade–Giles: Feng Yu-lan; 4 December 1895 – 26 November 1990) was a Chinese philosopher, historian, and writer who was instrumental for reintroducing the study of Chinese philosophy in the modern era. In early scholarship he was published and discussed under the name 'Fung Yu-lan', as used in the Bodde translation of A History of Chinese Philosophy and the work of Wing-tsit Chan. His works still saw publication under this name at the end of the century.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed Feng Youlan

• Zhu Xi
• Hu Shih
• Hao Wang (academic)
• Zhi Dun

Ideas Feng Youlan discusses

• Li (neo-Confucianism)
• John Dewey
• Zhuangzi (book)
• Guo Xiang
• Prague
• Zhu Xi
• Soviet Union
• Positivism
• Tao
• University of Pennsylvania
• Neo-Confucianism
• Logic
• Chinese philosophy
• Columbia University
• Cheng Yi (philosopher)
• Wing-tsit Chan
• Zhang Dongsun

Place in the tradition

Part of Idealism.

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