Xiong Shili's understanding of reality and function, 1920-1937 / / by Yu Sang.

• Superior document: Modern Chinese philosophy ; Volume 21
• VerfasserIn: Sang, Yu,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Modern Chinese philosophy ; Volume 21.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

Xiong Shili 熊十力(1885-1968) was one of the most important Chinese philosophers of the twentieth century, and a founding figure of the modern New Confucian school of philosophy. At the core of his metaphysics is one of the key conceptual polarities in traditional Chinese philosophy: Reality ( ti 體) and Function ( yong 用). Xiong Shili’s Understanding of Reality and Function, 1920-1937 presents a detailed examination and analysis of the development of Xiong Shili’s conception of Reality and Function between 1920 and 1937. While scholars have tended to focus on Xiong’s mature ti-yong philosophical system, which was initially established in the early 1930s, this study explains how that system was gradually formed, providing a more comprehensive basis for understanding the development of Xiong’s philosophical thought in later periods.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Objectives of the Study -- 2 Methodology of the Study -- 3 Significance of the Study -- 4 Chapter Outlines -- 5 Xiong’s Biographical Information and Its Historical Context -- 1 The Philosophical Background to the Development of Xiong’s Ti-yong Metaphysics -- 1 The Formation and Development of the Ti-yong Conceptual Polarity in Chinese Philosophical History -- 2 Xiong’s Reflections on the Ontological and the Phenomenal before 1920 -- 3 A Dispute Concerning Reality and Function in the Early Twentieth Century -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- 2 Xiong’s Two-level Ti-yong System between 1920 and 1923 -- 1 Level 1: Suchness as Reality and Consciousness as Function -- 2 Level 2: Productive Power as Reality and Manifest Activity as Function -- 3 The Influence of Ouyang Jingwu’s Ti-yong Perspective -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- 3 The Modification of Xiong’s Conception of Reality and Function between 1923 and 1927 -- 1 The 1926 Weishixue Gailun -- 2 Weishi Lun -- 3 The Structure and Main Arguments of This Chapter -- 4 Xiong’s Understanding of Ti-yong in the 1926 Weishixue Gailun -- 5 Xiong’s Understanding of Ti-yong in His Weishi Lun -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- 7 Appendix: A Clarification of the Period Xiong Composed the Weishi Lun -- 4 The Development of Xiong’s Conception of Reality and Function between 1927 and 1937 -- 1 Whether or Not Sentient Beings Share the Same Reality -- 2 The Development of Xiong’s Understanding of Reality -- 3 The Relationship between Reality and Function -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- Conclusion -- 1 A Review of Xiong’s Changing Understanding of Reality and Function between 1920 and 1937 -- 2 Why is Xiong’s Philosophy of Reality and Function Unique? -- 3 Why Did Xiong Continue to Modify and Develop His Conception of Reality and Function? -- Works Cited -- Index.