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　　This is the latest masterpiece of Chinese scholars re-writing the history of Chinese philosophy in recent decades, it is a brief history of Chinese philosophy that is written in the format of lectures founding upon the classics. This book, bases on the unearthed early Chinese bamboo and cotton manuscripts, also supplies the hundred years of emptiness between Confucius and Mencius with the early Confucian theory of human nature and the Taoism of the Yellow Emperor and Lao Tzu in addition to the traditional Taoism; it also breaks away from the Confucian standard and re-positions Moism and the Legalist School; furthermore, it evaluates the Han philosophy from a brand new angle, reconstructs the Qing history of thought, and even connects with the modern New Confucianism ever since the Republic. Among the writings on the history of Chinese philosophy, which lacked fresh materials for a long time, its novel viewpoint comes with detailed and accurate arguments, and efficiently organizes the materials with its key concepts.

　　Author:Lily Zhang received her doctorate degree in Chinese from the National Kaohsiung University of Education in Taiwan. After retiring from the National Changhua University of Education, she is currently a professor in Chinese at the MingDao University. Her recent works, “Three Books on Qing New Philosophy of Principle:” A New Form of Philosophy of Principle in the Qing Dynasty, Qing New Philosophy of Principle—The Convergence of Traditional and Modern Times, and Transformation of the Philosophy of Principle in the Qing Dynasty, received great reviews internationally.

　　Translator:Christine Lu received her doctorate degree in Mass Communication from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. She currently works as a freelance translator.

　　Reviewer:Yafei Yang received her doctorate degree in Chinese from the National Kaohsiung University of Education in Taiwan. She currently is a Chinese teacher at Changhua Senior High School.