He Huaihong

He Huaihong, born in 1954 in Qingjiang, Jiangxi, is a Chinese philosopher and ethicist. He is a professor in the Department of Philosophy at Peking University and a distinguished chief professor at the School of Philosophy, Zhengzhou University. His research focuses mainly on ethics, political philosophy, and Chinese social history. He is the author of works including On Conscience, Hereditary Society, and Electoral Society, and has translated Western classics such as A Theory of Justice and Meditations. His writing combines the rigor of academic scholarship with a clarity accessible to general readers, often starting from ethical questions and extending to social structures and the circumstances of individual life. The library holds 11 of his works, spanning philosophy readings, Western philosophy, social culture, Eastern philosophy, and essays, including a specialized study of Rawls's theory of justice, an introductory guide titled What Is Ethics?, and essayistic and reflective writings such as Broader Than the Sky and Life and Remembrance, showing a concern with reality and human life beyond academic research.