Xu Fuguan

Xu Fuguan (chinese: 徐复观 / 徐復觀 xú fùguān) (1902/1903-1982) is a Chinese intellectual historian and philosopher. He made notable contributions in Confucianism studies, and he is attached to the contemporary New Confucianism[1], a philosophical movement initiated by Xiong Shili.

Biography

Xu is born in 1902 or 1903[2] in a family of farmers in Hubei (China). He studied in various universities and then began a teaching career until 1926. He then took various positions in the army, then he devoted to politics, working with Chiang Kai-shek until 1946. He then devoted himself to "the study of books" (editing, academic papers) in the island of Taiwan. Between 1955 and 1969, he taught Chinese philosophy at the Donghai University. He taught at the New Asia Research Institute at Hong Kong up to his death in 1982.[3]

References

  1. ^ Bo Mou, ed (2008). Routledge history of world philosophies : history of chinese philosophy. Taylor & Francis. p. 539. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=roLT-2IqRScC&pg=PA539&lpg=PA539&dq=%22xu+fuguan%22&source=bl&ots=kFbv3KGgM-&sig=1YXDS4iZDhG_ZB855OLThO0XMGM&hl=en&ei=zT9ITOisDsqq4AaP2rz4DA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CCkQ6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q=%22xu%20fuguan%22&f=false. Retrieved 22 July 2010. 
  2. ^ Conflicting sources, cited by Mathias Obert
  3. ^ (French) Mathias Obert, "La pensée esthétique de Xu Fuguan (1902-1982)", in : Revue internationale de philosophie, 2/2005 (n° 232), p. 267-285. (online)

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