Feng Youlan

Chinese philosopher and historian (1895–1990)

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[31]
Date of birth: December 4, 1895, 1895^[9]
Date of death: November 26, 1990, 1990^[10]
Place of birth: Tanghe County
Place of death: Beijing
Country of citizenship: People's Republic of China, Republic of China, Qing dynasty^[14]^[15]^[16]
Occupation: philosopher, philosophy historian, historian, university teacher
Employer: University of Pennsylvania, University of Hawaiʻi System, Tsinghua University^[20]^[21]^[22]
Field of work: philosophy^[17]
Position held: member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, President of Tsinghua University^[18]^[19]
Educated at: Peking University, Columbia University, Tsinghua University, Central China Normal University^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]
Religion or worldview: Confucianism^[30]
Member of political party: Kuomintang^[32]
Award received: Prix Stanislas Julien^[28]
Notable work: History of Chinese Philosophy^[27]
Father: Feng Taiyi^[11]
Child: Zong Pu, 冯钟越^[12]^[13]
Sibling: Feng Yuanjun, Jinglan Feng
Work location: People's Republic of China^[38]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Chinese^[39]
Academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy^[34]
Archives at: Hong Kong Baptist University Library Special Collections & Archives^[33]
Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights

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Courtesy name: 芝生^[40]
Family name: Feng^[35]
Given name: You, Lan^[36]^[37]
Has works in the collection: National Museum of World Cultures
Member of: Chinese Academy of Sciences^[29]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 88

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Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online: feng-joulan
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AskArt person ID: 11254875
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BIBSYS ID: 97007477
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): FengYoulan1895-1990

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Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: feng-youlan
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Douban author ID: 4505750
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ELNET ID: a11431076, a11431064
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026): axmHD
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021): 361069, 703841
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Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Feng_Youlan
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 4726846
HKCAN ID: 9811105799503406
IdRef ID: 029533686
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NLAI ID: 94859
NLB authority ID (Belarus): NLB-ar95541
NLC authorities: 000139875
NMVW ID: 69359
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Prabook ID: 1722175
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SBN author ID: CFIV029027
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Synergy of Metadata Resources in Taiwan ID: AC000399281
Treccani ID: feng-youlan
Treccani's Dizionario di Filosofia ID: feng-youlan
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Yale LUX ID: person/7f9c4d5f-f8e2-46ab-9d23-83a9b109738f
Zhihu topic ID: 19905974

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🔗 Connections

Educated at 4

Columbia University, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Central China Normal University

Occupation 4

historian, philosopher, university teacher, philosophy historian

Country of citizenship 3

People's Republic of China, Qing dynasty, Republic of China

Employer 3

University of Pennsylvania, Tsinghua University, University of Hawaiʻi System

Academic degree 1

Doctor of Philosophy

Award received 1

Prix Stanislas Julien

Child 1

Zong Pu

Children (paternal) 1

Zong Pu

Family name 1

Feng

Field of work 1

philosophy

Has works in the collection 1

National Museum of World Cultures

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

Chinese

Member of political party 1

Kuomintang

Place of birth 1

Tanghe County

Place of death 1

Beijing

Religion or worldview 1

Confucianism

Sex or gender 1

male

Work location 1

People's Republic of China

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Summary

Feng Youlan was born on December 4, 1895^[1], in Tanghe County^[2]. He died on November 26, 1990^[3], in Beijing^[4]. He worked as a philosopher^[5], philosophy historian^[6], historian^[7], and university teacher^[8].

FAQs

Where was Feng Youlan born?

Feng Youlan's place of birth was Tanghe County^[2].

Where did Feng Youlan die?

Feng Youlan passed away in Beijing^[4].

Who were Feng Youlan's parents?

Feng Youlan's father was Feng Taiyi^[11].

What did Feng Youlan do for work?

Feng Youlan worked as a philosopher^[5], philosophy historian^[6], historian^[7], and university teacher^[8].

Where did Feng Youlan go to school?

Feng Youlan was educated at Peking University^[23], Columbia University^[24], Tsinghua University^[25], and Central China Normal University^[26].

What awards did Feng Youlan receive?

Honors received include Prix Stanislas Julien^[28].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Feng Youlan — place of birth (P19): Tanghe County. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Feng Youlan — place of death (P20): Beijing. Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2026-10-17. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Feng Youlan — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-07-21. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Feng Youlan — father (P22): Feng Taiyi. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Feng Youlan — country of citizenship (P27): People's Republic of China. NMVW-collection website. Retrieved 2020-01-16. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Feng Youlan — country of citizenship (P27): Republic of China. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Feng Youlan — country of citizenship (P27): Qing dynasty. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Feng Youlan — position held (P39): member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Feng Youlan — position held (P39): President of Tsinghua University. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Feng Youlan — child (P40): Zong Pu. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Feng Youlan — child (P40): 冯钟越. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Feng Youlan — educated at (P69): Peking University. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Feng Youlan — educated at (P69): Columbia University. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Feng Youlan — educated at (P69): Tsinghua University. Retrieved 2019-07-09. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Feng Youlan — educated at (P69): Central China Normal University. Retrieved 2019-07-10. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Feng Youlan — field of work (P101): philosophy. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Feng Youlan — member of political party (P102): Kuomintang. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Feng Youlan — occupation (P106): philosopher. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Feng Youlan — occupation (P106): philosophy historian. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Feng Youlan — occupation (P106): historian. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Feng Youlan — occupation (P106): university teacher. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Feng Youlan — employer (P108): University of Pennsylvania. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Feng Youlan — employer (P108): University of Hawaiʻi System. Retrieved 2019-07-04. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Feng Youlan — employer (P108): Tsinghua University. Retrieved 2019-07-04. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Feng Youlan — religion or worldview (P140): Confucianism. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Feng Youlan — award received (P166): Prix Stanislas Julien. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Feng Youlan — member of (P463): Chinese Academy of Sciences. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Feng Youlan — archives at (P485): Hong Kong Baptist University Library Special Collections & Archives. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Feng Youlan — academic degree (P512): Doctor of Philosophy. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Feng Youlan — date of birth (P569): December 4, 1895. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Feng Youlan — date of birth (P569): 1895. datos.bne.es. Retrieved 2017-10-09. catalogue.nli.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Feng Youlan — date of death (P570): November 26, 1990. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Feng Youlan — date of death (P570): 1990. datos.bne.es. Retrieved 2017-10-09. catalogue.nli.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Feng Youlan — family name (P734): Feng. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-14. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Feng Youlan — given name (P735): You. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Feng Youlan — given name (P735): Lan. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Feng Youlan — notable work (P800): History of Chinese Philosophy. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Feng Youlan — work location (P937): People's Republic of China. hdl.handle.net. Retrieved 2020-02-28. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Feng Youlan — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Chinese. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Feng Youlan — courtesy name (P1782): 芝生. wikidata.org.

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