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Feng Youlan’s View on Zhuangzi and Its Implications for Wang Yangming’s Mind-Teaching
DAI Yumin
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5313/2024.06.002
Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
Currently, academic discussions on Feng Youlan and Zhuangzi primarily focus on translation studies, while philosophical research mainly addresses the relationship between Dr. Feng’s “New philosophy of principle” and Zhuangzi. In fact, Dr. Feng’s interpretation of Zhuangzi is not only related to “New philosophy of principle” but also closely linked to pragmatism, an aspect that has received limited attention from the academic community. Research has revealed that Dr. Feng offered an interpretation of Zhuangzi from the perspectives of pure experience and agnosticism, where pure experience aligns with William James’ pragmatic category, and agnosticism embodies the pragmatic view of truth. Dr. Feng’s pragmatic interpretation of Zhuangzi offers enlightening insights into the interpretation of Wang Yangming’s mind-teaching.
Feng Youlan, Zhuangzi, pragmatism, Wang Yangming’s mind-teaching
DAI Yumin. (2024). Feng Youlan’s View on Zhuangzi and Its Implications for Wang Yangming’s Mind-Teaching. Philosophy Study, Nov.-Dec. 2024, Vol. 14, No. 6, 286-295.
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