Modern New Confucianism and New Daoism

New Confucianism took up the theory where historical Confucianism had left off.In the history,Confucianism and Daoism are native Chinese thoughts.They have many identical and similar elements,enjoy long-term coexistence,draw upon and benefit from each other in the process of competition and comparison and achieve common development while seeking common ground and shelving differences.Continually,the exponents of modern New Confucianism,such as Xiong Shili,Mou Zongsan,Fen Youlan,Fang Dongmei,Tang Junyu,Ma Yifu,etc,studied in some fields of Daoism and absorbed in certain degree.In an identical manner,modern New Daoism which is being founded will go on with the theory where historical Daoism left off,and its form and content will be new,not different to historical Daoism.Therefore,the relations between New Daoism and New Confucianism in modern are similar to that in ancient.The differences lie in that,since modern New Daoism had merely begun,it must avoid manifesting a sectarian bias by the greatest extent,humbly study and research modern New Confucianism,on the basis of digesting and absorbing,to catch up with modern New Confucianism,then,take the stand of Daoism,think the philosophical opinions and found the theory.