Liu Boming (; 1887–1923) was a Chinese
educator
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and
philosopher
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born in the late
Qing Dynasty
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.
Liu Boming is the first Chinese who received a doctor's degree in philosophy.
He finished his work ''The Theory of Chinese Mind Nature'' in 1913, and ''The Philosophy of Taoism'' in 1915 when he was a Doctoral candidate at
Northwestern University
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Charte ...
in the United States.
He introduced western philosophy to China when he was a professor of
Nanjing University
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. Under his influence, the scholars of Xueheng School translated a number of books of classic Greek philosophy into Chinese.
1923 deaths
1887 births
Educators from Nanjing
University of Nanking faculty
Nanjing University faculty
Writers from Nanjing
Northwestern University alumni
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