韦启昌

Wei Qichang is one of the better-known Chinese translators and editors of Schopenhauer's works, though publicly available personal information about him is limited. His work centers on translating and compiling Schopenhauer's writings. Ten related titles are held in the collection, including the two volumes of Parerga and Paralipomena, The Wisdom of Life, Essays on Philosophy and the History of Philosophy, Selected Aphorisms of Schopenhauer, Schopenhauer on Logic and Rhetoric, Schopenhauer on the Will to Live and Death, and Schopenhauer's Essays on Art. These books are chiefly translations of Western philosophical classics, with some belonging to the essay and inspirational-reading categories. Their subjects range from practical wisdom and ethics to logic and argumentation, aesthetics, and the question of death. His translations are known for staying close to the original while remaining clear and readable, offering Chinese readers a reliable way to approach Schopenhauer's thought and exerting a certain influence among readers of philosophy.