秦（公元前221—207）以前，周朝以来的传统价值观逐渐崩溃，思想界呈现百家争鸣的局面。根据汉代官方记载，当时各种思想流派多达189种，是中国哲学的一个巅峰时期。汉代学者将先秦哲学总结为“九流十家”（小编注：十家即：儒、道、阴阳、法、名、墨、纵横、杂、农、小说家；十家中小说家属于艺文，除去不算，称为九流。）
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), the notion that "heaven is dead"prevailed; Confucian moral concepts and values waned; and, society experienced majorturbulence. Philosophers at the time used metaphysical discussions on the interrelation between Confucianism and Taoism to explain a number of important topics like the relationship between Confucianism and nature. Theoretical hypotheses wereunprecedented during this time.东汉末年（公元25—220），“上帝已死”的思想（小编注：“上帝之死”是德国哲学家尼采的著名思想。指上帝已经无法成为人类社会道德标准与终极目的。此处用来比喻东汉末年人们已不再笃信传统价值观，信仰体系的底线被突破。）盛行；儒家传统价值观逐渐消解；社会急剧动荡。当时的哲学家们通过研究形而上学，讨论儒家思想与道家思想的关联，并以此来解释诸如儒家思想与自然的关系等很多重要问题。理论假设的思维方法在这个时期第一次出现了。
From the Tang to the Song Dynasty (960-1279), traditional values suffered from disorder as the Han people blended with other ethnic groups. The contradictions between foreign and indigenous cultures, and official and folk cultures, were more glaring than ever. Facing the contradiction, the Confucian school of idealist philosophers endeavoredto reestablish a spiritual world for the people in the Song Dynasty, with their efforts to integrate Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.
唐宋时期，汉人和其他少数民族的融合，引起传统价值观的又一次瓦解。本土文化与外来文化、官方文化和民间文化之间的冲突比以往任何时候都更激烈。面对这种冲突与矛盾，唯心主义哲学家中的儒派为重建人们的精神家园而努力，从而形成了新儒家思想，佛家思想和道家思想。
At the juncture of the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1644), a generation of scholars chose secluded lives in the mountains and temples after the Manchu Ethnic Group seized power. They sorted out a traditional system and rules, and profoundly criticized andmeditated on traditional culture. A galaxy of philosophers with noticeable achievements like Wang Fuzhi, Gu Yanwu, Huang Zongxi, and Fang Yizhi pought Chinese philosophy to a profound new theoretical height.
明清之际，满族当权，有一群学者选择了隐居深山、寺庙的生活方式。他们回归传统，并深刻批判、反省着传统文化。当时涌现出的以王夫之、顾炎武、黄宗羲、方以智为代表的一批哲学家将中国哲学推向了更高更深的理论层面。
In modern times, the "Middle Kingdom" was repeatedly defeated by the imperial countries, and the nation’s confidence was at its lowest point ever. The task of the time was to "save the nation from subjugation and ensure its survival." Chinese philosophers researched a wide range of subjects on ancient, modern, eastern, and western philosophies, striving to improve China’s own philosophy. The trend is still continuing today, forming a new mixed cultural philosophy.
当代以来，自古以来的“中”国即世界中心的思想一次次遭到帝国主义的打击，民族自信心下降到历史最低点。那时“救亡图存”成为最为紧迫的任务。哲学家们通过对古今中外哲学诸多课题的广泛研究，力图改进、振兴真正属于国人自己的哲学。今天，这种潮流还在继续，并形成了一种全新的文化哲学。
As a result of its features, Chinese philosophy has always had a close relationship with society in its development process. The "misfortunes" the nation has suffered from time to time presented major philosophical challenges, and the "fortunes" of philosophers were vital creations as responses to philosophical subjects of the time.
中国哲学总是和中国社会发展的历程紧密相连。“民族的不幸”为哲学提出着各种各样的挑战，哲学也在回应这些挑战中不断创造着“精神财富”。
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