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The Principled Too and the Debate on Knowing and Doing --The Development of Chinese Philosophy during the Period from the Pre-Qin to Song and Ming Dynasties
Yu Chen
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Abstract
A basic difference in the view of knowing and doing between the pre-Qin philosophy and Song-Ming philosophy is that the former is based on doing and the latter on knowing. Such a difference reflects a kind of ontological difference. In Song-Ming philosophy the ultimate term of ontology is ' Li' (principle), while in pre-Qin philosophy it is ' Too ' (way). Therefore, the shift of the paradigm of Chinese philosophy during the period from pre-Qin to Song and Ming dynasties finds an expression in the shift from Too to Principle.