On Chen Guying's Study Of Laoz

Chen Guying takes the lead in the study of contemporary Taoist philosophy with his research methods of "inside and outside" and "genealogy".He was based on modern scholarship,combined with the literature sorting tradition of Chinese classical scholarship,integrated the ancient and modern learning methods of China and the West,and took the ancient and unearthed literatures as the basis to verify each other,so as to explore the thoughts of Laozi.Lao Zi’s Commentary on the Present and the Translation of the Present is a model of this academic practice.Specifically,Chen Guying tried to collate Lao Zi’s texts,find out the errors and omissions,and restore the original appearance of Lao Zi.In the aspect of chapter annotation,collect the annotation results of various parties and integrate the series solution;In terms of quotes,get in there and dig deep.On the basis of restoring and annotating the text,Chen Gu should take "Tao","existence","virtual static" and so on as the focus to explore and grind Laozi’s thought.In addition,Chen Gu should be influenced by modern academic and western philosophy to expound his own understanding of philosophy.First,redefine the concept of Chinese philosophy,and define the connotation of Chinese philosophy from the commonality of philosophy and the particularity of Chinese philosophy.Second,from the perspective of the history of philosophy,it identifies the position of Lao Zi in the history of Chinese philosophy,and puts forward the pioneering opinion that "Lao Zi is the founder of Chinese philosophy".It holds that Lao Zi precedes Confucius in history and ideologically puts forward a complete philosophical system with "Tao" as the core,which is the first to realize the breakthrough of Chinese philosophy.Third,Chen Guying pointed out that the thoughts of the pre-Qin dynasties were influenced by Lao Tzu’s thoughts,from the Confucian,Mohist,legalist,military.Based on the establishment of Laozi’s position in the history of Chinese philosophy,Chen Guying put forward that "Laozi is the father of Chinese philosophy".Chen Guying’s interpretation of Lao Zi’s thought and the identification of its historical status not only highlight the status of Lao Zi and Taoism in the history of Chinese philosophy,promote the popularization of Lao Zi’s thought and the promotion of Chinese traditional culture,but also break the stereotype of respecting Confucianism and disparaging Taoism in the academic circle.Chen Gu should study Laozi with a sense of The Times and life.This paper discusses Chen Guying’s research on Lao Zi.On the one hand,it discusses Chen Guying’s research on Lao Zi’s "text" from the perspective of text research,and analyzes Chen Guying’s unique understanding of Lao Zi’s "text".On the other hand,from the perspective of problem research,it focuses on "the redefinition of Chinese philosophy","Lao Zi is the founder of Chinese philosophy" and "Lao Zi’s influence on Pre-Qin philosophy",and discusses Chen Gu Ying’s innovative views on "Lao Zi is the father of Chinese philosophy".