About the author
Feng Zhen's biography, including his life dates and nationality, is not well documented in publicly available sources, and little is known about his detailed career. Judging from the three works held in the collection, his writing touches on Chinese language and philology, classical works, and Eastern philosophy, including Volume 4 of The Complete Works of Feng Zhen: Studies in Philology, Volume 5: Miscellaneous Writings from the Ziran Studio, and Studies of the Various Masters. The philological works focus on arranging and explaining Chinese characters and the principles of philology, the miscellaneous writings from the Ziran Studio read more like scholarly essays and notes, and Studies of the Various Masters turns to discussing the thought of the pre-Qin thinkers. Overall, Feng Zhen's writings carry the flavor of traditional scholarly notes, combining textual criticism with exposition of meaning and principle; the language is plain and the organization clear, making them suitable for readers interested in philology and the study of the various masters. Given the limited material, his academic background and influence await further investigation.
Written (3)
Rating 3.9★ The Complete Works of Feng Zhen, Volume V: Miscellaneous Writings from the Natural Studio 冯振 / Feng Zhizhong Guangxi Normal University Press · 2023 This is Volume 5 of The Complete Works of Feng Zhen, a collection of Feng Zhen's writings other than his poetry drafts, works on poetry composition, s… Rating 4.1★ The Complete Works of Feng Zhen, Volume 4: On Philology 冯振 / Feng Zhizhong Guangxi Normal University Press · 2022 This is Volume 4 of The Complete Works of Feng Zhen, a collection of monographs on Chinese graphology by the educator and classical literature scholar… Rating 3.6★ The Doctrines of the Hundred Schools of Thought 冯振 / Feng Zhizhong Guangxi Normal University Press · 2021 This volume, the third in The Complete Works of Feng Zhen, comprises four of Feng's works: A General Interpretation of Laozi, Lectures on Xunzi, A Bri…Publishers
Guangxi Normal University Press