TheCollectionofCriticalBiographiesofChineseThinkers，underthegeneraleditorshipofthelatehonorarypresidentofNanjingUniversity，ProfessorKuangYarning，isthelargest-scaleprojectofresearchmaterialsonChinesethinkersundertakensincethebeginningofthetwentiethcentury.Standingontheshouldersofthisgreatmanandother200well-knownChineseprofessors，thiscollectionofconciseChinese-Englishversionisnotonlybasedonaprofoundacademicfoundation，butalsoexhibitsabrandnewfeaturewhichisthevirtueofexplainingtheprofoundinasimpleway，henceleadingreaderstomasteryofthecontents;italsoincorporatesarefinedprincipleofselection，asimplemodeofevaluationandcommentary，andamovingnarrationofthestoriesandtheirwisdom.