I was moved by the letter from Hansen which showed his deep sympathy of Chinese philosophy and disappointment with the current presentation that just emphasizes the unreflective parts of Chinese philosophy such A's conventionalist Confucianism and religious interpretation of Daoism. His words evoked me to think about what I can do for Chinese philosophy rather than only introducing the most advanced philosophy of west.
I still remember what is my first instinctive reaction to kinds of philosophies when I as a high school student was to get interested in philosophy. The reaction was to directly refuse Confucianism and appeal to Zhuangzi and Nietzsche. The reason I told my friends at the moment is that I have been influenced enough by the Confucian tradition A's I grew up in Shandong where is the birth place of Confucius. However, unfortunately after I entered university what I could get from Chinese philosophy academic sphere is only about Confucianism which was so boring for me. I gave up any wish to involve in Chinese philosophy. Furthermore I inclined to attribute the root of various social problems to traditional culture, regarding it A's the root of the corrupt social environment.
I never met a real Daoist before Hansen except some cowards who just tried to avoid any connection with real society for fears. Now I want to reconsider the heritage of Chinese philosophy.
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