Title: Questioning on the Method of Argument of Meng Tzu tzu-i shu-cheng
Abstract: On Meng Tzu tzu-i shu-cheng(Commentary on the Meanings of Terms in the Book of Mencius), the way of proving the theories of itself has two questions:First,it refers to other Chinese old documents to get the meanings of terms,but ignores that one Chinese character may has more than one meanings,so sometimes it can not get the real meaning.Second,as a commentary,its construction and ideas are different from the Book of Mencius,and its extending of the meanings of terms makes it much farther.The way of this book disproving the theories of its opponents also has two questions:First,its criticism is based on a strict position, but not philosophy theories.Second,it takes the abuses of the Neo-Confucianism of Ch'eng-Chu as Neo-Confucianism itself.Therefore the conclusion is:it is neither a good commentary nor a good philosophy work.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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