Ye Xiushan (; 4 July 1935 – 7 September 2016) was a Chinese
philosopher
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,
aestheticist and
Chinese Opera
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theorist. Ye was one of the first Faculty Scholars at the
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), a , and a member of the 8th, the 9th
and the 10th
as an
independent scholar.
Biography
Ye was born in
Yangzhong County, China in 1935 and moved to
Shanghai with his parents at the age of 4. He graduated from
Peking University
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Peking University was established as the Imperial University of Peking in 1898 when it received its royal charter ...
with a major in Philosophy in 1956. Ye was a visiting scholar at
University at Albany, SUNY
and
University of Oxford in the 1980s. He served as a professor at the
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and a professor
and Ph.D. student advisor
in the Department of Philosophy at
Tsinghua University.
Research
Ye's research was based on German Classical Philosophy, and he integrated ancient Greek philosophy, modern western philosophy, and Chinese traditional philosophy.
His work on freedom and rationality has had a significant influence on current Chinese philosophical development and ideological enlightenment.
Selected works
Ye published over 20 books, beginning in the 1960s. His main works are the following books:
In Philosophy
*''The Study on Pre-Socrates Philosophy'' (苏格拉底哲学研究,
Beijing: , 1982)
*''Socrates and His Philosophical Thoughts'' (苏格拉底及其哲学思想, Beijing: People's Publishing House, 1986)
* Ideology, History and Poetry—The Study on Phenomenology and Philosophy of Existence (思 史 诗: 现象学和存在哲学研究, Beijing: People's Publishing House, 1988)
*Endless Learning and Thinking—A Collection of Ye Xiushan's Essays on Philosophy (无尽的学与思, (
Kunming
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:
Yunnan University Press, 1995)
*The True Happiness of Thinking (愉快的思,
Shenyang
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:
Liaoning Education Press
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, 1997)
*A Thorough Understanding of Chinese and Western Wisdom—A Collection of Ye Xiushan's Essays on Chinese Philosophical Culture (中西智慧的贯通,
Nanjing: , 2002)
*Philosophy as Creative Wisdom—A Collection of Ye Xiushan's Essays on Western Philosophy (1998–2002) (哲学作为创造性的智慧, Nanjing: Jiangsu People's Publishing House, 2003)
*Reincarnation of Learning and Thinking (学与思的轮回, Nanjing: Jiangsu People's Publishing House, 2009)
*Science-Religion-Philosophy (科学·宗教·哲学, Beijing: , 2009)
*Philosophical Essentials () 2010 (revised edition: 2015 )
*Enlightenment and Freedom (启蒙与自由, Nanjing: Jiangsu People's Publishing House, 2013)
*The knowledge of “Self-knowledge” (“知己”的学问, Beijing:
China Society Science Publishing House
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, 2014)
In Aesthetics and Chinese Opera
*Appreciation of the Genres of Peking Opera ()
*An Introduction to Calligraphy Aesthetics ()
*The Philosophy of Aesthetics (美的哲学, Beijing: People's Publishing House, 1991)
*The Opera of Ancient China (古中国的歌, Beijing:
Renmin University of China Publishing House, 2013)
*Introduction of Calligraphy (说写字, Beijing: Renmin University of China Publishing House, 2013)
References
External links
Works by Xiushan Ye
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1935 births
2016 deaths
Educators from Zhenjiang
Philosophers from Jiangsu
Peking University alumni
Academic staff of Tsinghua University
Musicians from Jiangsu
Chinese music theorists