Recommended classic books on the history of Chinese philosophy, except for A Brief History of Chinese Philosophy, preferably like Sophie's World, which is a novel.

Zhang Taiyan: "Theory of Examination" and "Discussion and Balance of the State's Reasons"

Liang Qichao: "Introduction to Qing Academics"

Wang Guowei: "Collected Writings of Jing'an"

Hu Shih: "Hu Shih's Academic Collections--History of Chinese Philosophy" (2 vols.

Fu Si-nian: "Discussions of the Ancient Teachings on the Life of the People"

Hou Wai-lu: A General History of Chinese Thought (Volume 1)

Tang Yutong: Tang Yutong Academic Anthology (mainly "Essays on Wei and Jin Metaphysics"), History of Buddhism in the Han, Wei, Jin, and North and South Dynasties (two-volume set)

Qian Mu: A Systematic Chronology of Pre-Qin and Qin Sages, An Introduction to the National Academy of Chinese Studies, Academic History of the Last 300 Years of Chinese Scholarship (two-volume set), and The Case of the New School of Zhuzi

Mou Zongsan: Nineteen Lectures on Chinese Philosophy, Talent and Metaphysics, Mind and Body (three volumes), Phenomena and Matter Itself

Tang Junyi: The Original Essay on Chinese Philosophy (Original Tao)

Xu Fuguan: A History of Human Nature in China (Pre-Qin), History of Thought of the Two Han Periods (three volumes), Confucian Political Thought and Human Rights of Freedom and Democracy, Between Academics and Politics

Pang Park: Liangliangguoji (The Collection of Good and Bad Men), One Divided into Three? An Examination and Interpretation of Traditional Chinese Thought

Yu Yingshi: The Modern Interpretation of Traditional Chinese Thought, On Dai Zhen and Zhang Xuecheng, The Scholar and Chinese Culture, Qian Mu and Chinese Culture, A Treatise on Modern Confucianism, and Zhu Xi's Historical World (Up and Down)

Huang Renyu: The Fifteenth Year of the Ten Thousand Calendars

Du Weiming: A New Essay on Confucian Thought, On the Politics of Taoism? On Confucian Intellectuals", "On the Religiousness of Confucianism"

Cheng Zhongying: "The Meeting of Chinese and Western Philosophy"

Lin Yusheng: "The Creative Transformation of Traditional Chinese Thought"

Huang Junjie: "Historical Essay on the Thought of Mencius" (three volumes, two volumes have been published), "A New Vision of Confucianism in East Asia"

Liu Xiaofeng: The Individual Beliefs and the Theory of Culture, Fourth Edition

Chen Lai: The Origins of Confucianism, The Realm of Have-Nots, and The World of Ancient Thought and Culture

Ge Zhaoguang: A History of Chinese Thought (two-volume set), and Classroom Lectures on the Study of the History of Thought

Ho Huaihong: A Treatise on Conscience

Yang Guorong: Thoughts on the Science of the Heart

Liang Zhiping: In Search of Harmony in the Natural Order

Luo Zhitian: "The State and Academics: The Ideological Controversy on "Nationalism" in the Early Qing Dynasty"

Wang Fansen: "The Rise of the Ancient History Discernment Movement"

Chen Lisheng: "Wang Yangming's "Oneness of Everything" -- From "The Body - The Body" to "The Harmony of Natural Order --From the Position of "Body-Body"

Chen Shao Ming: "The Theory of Qi Matter and Its Influence" and "Waiting for the Hedgehog"

Gouguchi Yuzo: "The Twists and Turns and the Unfolding of Chinese Thought in the Pre-Modern Period, Chinese Studies in Japanese Perspective

Shi Hua Ci: The World of Thought in Ancient China, The Quest for Riches and Strength: Yan Fu and the West

Levenson: Confucian China and Its Modern Fate

Aikai: The Last Confucian: Liang Shuming and the Dilemmas of Modern China

Graham: On the Taoist: An Argument for Ancient Chinese Philosophy

< p>Fingarette: "Confucius: Mortal and Sacred"

Allman: "From Rigaku to Parkaku - The Faces of Thought and Social Change in the Late Chinese Empire", "Scripture, Politics, and Clan - A Study of the Changzhou School of Modern Languages and Literature in the Late Chinese Empire"

Hao Dawei and An Lezhe: "Confucius' Philosophical Reflections"