Anthology of Philosophical and Cultural Issues pp 137-143 | Cite as
Chinese Philosophy Under the Influence of Western Philosophy
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Abstract
Originally, there was no such a word as “philosophy” or zhe xue in the Chinese language. The term zhe xue was coined by a Japanese scholar Nishi Amane (1829–97), who borrowed the two Chinese characters zhe (“wisdom”) and xue (“study”) to refer to “philosophy” originated in Ancient Greece and Rome.
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Chinese Philosophy Western Philosophy Traditional Chinese Thinking Xiong Shili Feng Youlan
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