Xu Fuguan (Hsu Fu-kuan) | |
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徐復觀 | |
Born | |
Died | 1 April 1982 | (aged 78)
Occupation(s) | Historian, philosopher |
Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | Chinese philosophy |
School | New Confucianism |
Main interests | Confucianism History of Chinese philosophy |
Xu Fuguan | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 徐復觀 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 徐复观 | ||||||||
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Hsu Fu-kuan or Xu Fuguan (Chinese: 徐復觀); 1902/03 – 1982) was a Chinese historian and philosopher who made notable contributions to Confucian studies. He is a leading member of New Confucianism,[1] a philosophical movement initiated by Xu's teacher and friend, Xiong Shili. Other important members of the New Confucian Movement include Xu's two friends and professorial colleagues who also studied with Xiong Shili: Mou Zongsan and Tang Junyi.