智慧——谋道杨老师-mimesisinternational.pdfVIP

World Philosophy : A Perspective of Philosophical Investigation Yang Guorong The Department of Philosophy, East China Normal University Shanghai, China Part 1 We may adventure upon different planes to understand the relationship between Chinese philosophy and Western philosophy. In a relatively static sense, the two are firstly related in terms of their differences and similarities. When Western philosophy and Chinese philosophy first encountered one another, we often saw such planes of comparative analysis upon which the following type of questions were ordinarily raised: How is Chinese philosophy done? What is Western philosophy like? What points in common do they have? At what point do they differ? The list goes on in a point by point manner. Obviously, according to such a perspective what is of predominant concern is nothing other than a comparison of their differences and similarities. The first Chinese thinkers to encounter Western philosophy all manifested this characteristic, though to different degree. Moreover, comparative research continued well after such thinkers, and the same tendency can be seen time and again. This type of comparative research undoubtedly has had positive significance for concretely grasping the unique characteristics of each, but if we were to stop here it seems philosophy would simply devolve into a flat spread sheet of static comparisons. Differing somewhat from the flat plane of static comparison is the interactive horizon, which is the plane upon which the relationship between Chinese and Western philosophy is understood at the very level upon which their reciprocal interaction is