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'''Yu Dunkang''' (; May 1930 – 14 July 2019) was a Chinese philosopher and historian of [[Chinese philosophy]], known for his studies of [[Xuanxue]] and the ''[[I Ching]]''. He was a professor of the Institute of World Religions of the [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (CASS), and was elected an honorary academician of the CASS.
== Biography ==
Yu was born in May 1930 in [[Hanyang District|Hanyang]], [[Hubei]], [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]]. In 1951, he entered the Department of Philosophy of [[Wuhan University]]. During the [[People's Republic of China]]'s nationwide reorganization of higher education in 1952, his department was merged into the philosophy department of [[Peking University]], from which he graduated in 1955.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
After teaching at a high school in [[Tianjin]] for a year, Yu returned to Peking University to pursue graduate studies in philosophy. During the [[Hundred Flowers Campaign]] of 1957, he wrote four letters that advocated [[rationalism]], democracy and freedom, and socialist [[rule of law]].<ref name=":0" /> As a result, he was denounced as a "rightist" during the ensuing [[Anti-Rightist Campaign]] and sent to Beijing's countryside to perform manual labour. After his rehabilitation in 1969, he was assigned to teach middle school in [[Zaoyang]], Hubei for the next eight years.<ref name=":0" />
During his two-decade-long banishment from academia, Yu focused on the self study of [[Xuanxue]], the philosophy of early medieval China's [[Cao Wei|Wei]] and [[Jin dynasty (266–420)|Jin]] dynasties (third to sixth centuries), an era of division and turmoil. In his autobiography, he reflected that he found solace in the ancient philosophers' reflections on fate, and their pursuit of [[freedom of thought]] and [[self-awareness]] in the face of adversity.<ref name=":0" />
After the end of the [[Cultural Revolution]], Yu returned to academia in 1978 and became a researcher at the Institute of World Religions of the [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]].<ref name=":0" /> In the 1980s, he carried out comprehensive studies on Xuanxue, and published a series of papers on concepts such as ''youwu'' (being and non-being) and ''benmo'' (root and branches) and on the ideas of Xuanxue philosophers [[Wang Bi]], [[He Yan]], [[Ruan Ji]] and [[Ji Kang]].<ref name="GUO2018"></ref> His Xuanxue research culminated in the book ''History of Wei-Jin Xuanxue'' (魏晋玄学史), published by Peking University Press in 2004,<ref name="GUO2018" /> followed by a second edition in 2016.<ref name=":0" />
On 14 July 2019, Yu died at his home in Beijing at the age of 89.<ref name=":0" />
== References ==
[[Category:1930 births]]
[[Category:2019 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Chinese philosophers]]
[[Category:21st-century Chinese philosophers]]
[[Category:Writers from Wuhan]]
[[Category:Wuhan University alumni]]
[[Category:Peking University alumni]]
[[Category:Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]]
== Biography ==
Yu was born in May 1930 in [[Hanyang District|Hanyang]], [[Hubei]], [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]]. In 1951, he entered the Department of Philosophy of [[Wuhan University]]. During the [[People's Republic of China]]'s nationwide reorganization of higher education in 1952, his department was merged into the philosophy department of [[Peking University]], from which he graduated in 1955.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
After teaching at a high school in [[Tianjin]] for a year, Yu returned to Peking University to pursue graduate studies in philosophy. During the [[Hundred Flowers Campaign]] of 1957, he wrote four letters that advocated [[rationalism]], democracy and freedom, and socialist [[rule of law]].<ref name=":0" /> As a result, he was denounced as a "rightist" during the ensuing [[Anti-Rightist Campaign]] and sent to Beijing's countryside to perform manual labour. After his rehabilitation in 1969, he was assigned to teach middle school in [[Zaoyang]], Hubei for the next eight years.<ref name=":0" />
During his two-decade-long banishment from academia, Yu focused on the self study of [[Xuanxue]], the philosophy of early medieval China's [[Cao Wei|Wei]] and [[Jin dynasty (266–420)|Jin]] dynasties (third to sixth centuries), an era of division and turmoil. In his autobiography, he reflected that he found solace in the ancient philosophers' reflections on fate, and their pursuit of [[freedom of thought]] and [[self-awareness]] in the face of adversity.<ref name=":0" />
After the end of the [[Cultural Revolution]], Yu returned to academia in 1978 and became a researcher at the Institute of World Religions of the [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]].<ref name=":0" /> In the 1980s, he carried out comprehensive studies on Xuanxue, and published a series of papers on concepts such as ''youwu'' (being and non-being) and ''benmo'' (root and branches) and on the ideas of Xuanxue philosophers [[Wang Bi]], [[He Yan]], [[Ruan Ji]] and [[Ji Kang]].<ref name="GUO2018"></ref> His Xuanxue research culminated in the book ''History of Wei-Jin Xuanxue'' (魏晋玄学史), published by Peking University Press in 2004,<ref name="GUO2018" /> followed by a second edition in 2016.<ref name=":0" />
On 14 July 2019, Yu died at his home in Beijing at the age of 89.<ref name=":0" />
== References ==
[[Category:1930 births]]
[[Category:2019 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Chinese philosophers]]
[[Category:21st-century Chinese philosophers]]
[[Category:Writers from Wuhan]]
[[Category:Wuhan University alumni]]
[[Category:Peking University alumni]]
[[Category:Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]]
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