Chinese Philosophy and Western Philosophy:the Differences and the Possibility of Combination

This paper compares the focus of western philosophy with the classical Chinese philosophy.We found that,except Mozi,the classical Chinese philosophy does not pay much attention to definitions.Rather,it pays attention to idioms and the environment at which the appropriate words being used.The tradition of system-oriented western philosophy had intimate relationship with the Indian and European language system.While the western philosophy focus on the independent existence of a subject,Chinese philosophy focus on the relationship between subjects.The combination of Chinese and western philosophy will make unique contribution to philosophies.