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Zhao Tingyang | |
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| 赵汀阳 | |
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| Nationality | Chinese |
| Alma mater | Renmin University of China, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences |
| Notable work | "The Tianxia System: An Introduction to the Philosophy of a World Institution" |
| Era | Modern |
| Region | China |
| Institutions | Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Peking University Berggruen Research Institute |
Main interests | Tianxia, Focal points, Compossibility |
| Website | web |
Zhao Tingyang (simplified Chinese: 赵汀阳; traditional Chinese: 趙汀陽; pinyin: Zhào Tīngyáng; born 1961 in Guangdong, China) is a political philosopher credited with modernising the ancient Chinese concept of Tianxia.[1][2]
Zhao Tingyang graduated from Renmin University of China and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and is now a professor in the Institute of Philosophy at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and is a senior fellow of Peking University Berggruen Research Institute. He was also a Pusey Distinguished Fellow at the Harvard–Yenching Institute in 2013.[1][3]
His works are mainly on metaphilosophy, ethics and political philosophy.[citation needed]
In 2005, he published The Tianxia System: An Introduction to the Philosophy of a World Institution. His book Investigations of the Bad World: Political Philosophy as First Philosophy was published in 2009.[citation needed]
According to Zhao's reconstruction of the tianxia system, tianxia presupposed "inclusion of all" and implied acceptance of the world's diversities, emphasizing harmonious reciprocal dependence and ruled by virtue as a means for lasting peace.[4]
