Chinese philosopher and historian (1930–2021)
Li Zehou (Chinese : 李泽厚 ; 13 June 1930 – 2 November 2021) was a Chinese scholar of philosophy and intellectual history.[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] He is considered an influential modern scholar of Chinese history and culture whose work was central to the period known as the Chinese "New Enlightenment " in the 1980s.[ 6] [ 9] [ 10]
Li served as a long-term vice president of the Chinese Society for Aesthetics (1980–1998).[ 11] His works on aesthetics , such as The Path of Beauty: A Study of Chinese Aesthetics , triggered an "aesthetics fever (美学热)" in mainland China in the 1980s.[ 6] [ 12] Soon after the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989, Li was severely criticized by the Chinese authorities for "poisoning a whole young generation" and his works were forbidden for several years.[ 13] In 1992, he emigrated to the United States and held visiting or chair professorships at numerous universities, including Colorado College , University of Michigan , University of Wisconsin , Swarthmore College , and University of Colorado Boulder .[ 6] [ 14] [ 15]
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^ a b c d Ma, Josephine (4 November 2021). "Obituary | Star of 1980s 'Chinese enlightenment' dies in the US at 91" . South China Morning Post . Retrieved 9 November 2021 .
^ Xu Yuedong (徐悦东 ) (3 November 2021). 著名哲学家李泽厚逝世,享年91周岁 [Noted philosopher Li Zehou dies at 91] (in Chinese). The Beijing News . Retrieved 9 November 2021 .
^ Anthony Blencowe Li Zehou, Confucius and Continuity with the Past in Contemporary China Archived 24 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine . Centre for Asian Studies. University of Adelaide 1993
^ Ames, Roger T.; Hershock, Peter D., eds. (2018). Li Zehou and Confucian Philosophy . University of Hawai'i Press . ISBN 978-0-8248-7289-2 .
^ "The Transformative Power of Art: LI Zehou's Aesthetic Theory", Jane Cauvel; Philosophy East & West, Vol. 49, 1999
^ "中华美学学会" [The Chinese Society for Aesthetics]. Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences . 10 July 2009. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023.
^ Ames, Roger T. (1997). "The Path of Beauty: A Study of Chinese Aesthetics by Li Zehou, Gong Lizeng" . The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism . 55 (1): 77– 79. doi :10.2307/431616 .
^ Rošker, Jana S. (January 2019). "Chapter 1 Li Zehou and His Time". Following His Own Path: Li Zehou and Contemporary Chinese Philosophy . SUNY Press . p. 9. ISBN 9781438472478 .
^ Xing, Wen (3 April 2023). "Introduction: "Proper Measure"—In Memoriam of Li Zehou" . Chinese Literature and Thought Today . 54 (1– 2): 99– 101. doi :10.1080/27683524.2023.2206304 . ISSN 2768-3524 .
^ "Li Zehou, The Confucian World" . Archived from the original on 30 May 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010 . . coloradocollege.edu