Research On Tang Junyi’s Idealism

In his later years,Tang Junyi attributed his philosophical thoughts to moral and metaphysical idealism.Morality refers to the rationality emphasized by idealism with transcendence and dominance as the connotation,metaphysics refers to the combination of the two connotations of spirit("sense")and life("command")to form ontology.Ontology is the source of transcendence and dominance.Tang Junyi’s idealism is embodied in nine realms of the spirit,and the relationship between the nine realms from low to high is dialectically rising.This dialectical feature is both a critical inheritance of Hegel’s dialectical logic and creation.From an external point of view,Tang Junyi’s idealism is the closest to Mou Zongsan’s idealism.The fundamental difference between them is that Mr.Tang attaches more importance to the meaning of life,and believes that life and spirit depend on each other,rather than the spirit is the main and the life follows it.The thesis mainly adopts the concept analysis method and comparative research method.By analyzing the core concepts of Tang Junyi’s idealism,the connotation of some concepts presents the corresponding core content,and the arrangement and connections of some conceptual connotations present the inherent context of idealism.Since Tang junyi expounded philosophy through the history of Philosophy and intended to classify various theories,Tang Junyi’s idealistic ideological sources must be properly accounted for,and they constitute part of the premise of the idealistic context.To clarify the core part and internal context of Tang Junyi’s idealism,we can grasp Tang Junyi’s philosophy completely,have a more solid understanding of the essence of its ideology,and have a more precise positioning of the road to its inspiration.The first chapter starts with two aspects of morality and metaphysics.Tang Junyi linked up Chinese and Western cultures through the stipulation of "reason",interpreted the "character" of reason as "spirit & life",and took the connotation of "spirit & life" as the truth of character.Secondly,it tries to supplement the inherent requirements of the ideal with the connotation of knowledge and doing contained in The Golden Mean.The second chapter explains Tang Junyi’s critical inheritance of Zhuangzi,Buddhism and Hegelian logic in turn.Tang Junyi regards adaptation as the purpose of Zhuang Zi,and holds that the two sides that should be adapted are the knowledge and soul;he agrees with the insights of Buddhism,but affirms the value of life and soul;he is dissatisfied with the linearity of the dialectical process though attaches importance to the dialectical significance of Hegelian logic.The third chapter summarizes the context of Tang Junyi’s idealism.The subject exists as spirit & life.The form of activity of the spirit & life is to sense and transcend,based on which,ideals are created and realized.The highest ideal is the perfect personality and the cultural world created by the perfect personality.From the initial existence of life to the highest spiritual personality,it can be described as nine realms in the process of self-ascension.The fourth chapter is a reflection on Tang Junyi’s idealism.First compare Mou Zongsan’s idealism externally,highlight the characteristics of Tang Junyi’s idealism which values the meaning of life;then analyze the tension of Tang Junyi’s idealism internally,to prove that the third meaning of "emotion" is difficult to understand and exceeds the scope of idealism.At the epilogue,Tang Junyi’s idealism is summarized and evaluated.According to the article,Tang Junyi’s idealism is a complete organic system,which not only has the value of the history of philosophy and history of thought,but also has a positive meaning to the society and the world today.