Liu Zongzhou was an important master of Confucianism at later period of the Ming. His philosophy was so original that had unique insights and definitions to many categories like "shendu" and "chengyi". Identity was the feature of his philosophy since he combined Tian","Ming","Xing","Xin","Yi","Zhi" and "Wu";while the identity based on the distinguishing and systematically organizing on categories. As the main feature of Liu Zongzhou's philosophy, identity of combining and distinguishing shared the same period of formation with the turn on his philosophy from "shendu" to "chengyi".This paper attempts to work in the view of "gongfu" and try to find out the background, process and reasons of the "turn" of the Liu's philosophy from "shendu" to "chengyi", in order to reveal the feature "identity"of his philosophy. |