Abstract

As a newly developed field, the history of Chinese-language historiography of philosophy takes a higher priority in the studies of the history of Chinese philosophy since the 20th century. The relevant works before the 20th century, which were mainly written in ancient Chinese, are highly marginalized. The historiography of philosophy in a global perspective acknowledges the importance of different articulations and frameworks of what is called philosophy and history of philosophy, thus providing essential theoretical support for the reconstruction of the ancient Chinese historiography of philosophy. Based on this framework, my article is devoted to the overview of ancient Chinese historiography of philosophy, to show its basic features in approaches, methods, and styles.