英文摘要
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Ye Shi is considered to be the representative figure of the Yongjia School whose research approach is often characterized by the so-called "Shi Gong" preoccupation emphasizing some practical issues such as statecraft. This essay intends to point out that his "Shi Gong School" is no less than the combination of the method of statecraft and the way of inner quest, both pursued and espoused by the traditional Confucianism. While this viewpoint is present almost everywhere in Ye Shi's thoughts, it is interesting to see in which ways his "Shi Gong" is connected with the Confucian inner quest and to define what this quest is to him. The interest, therefore, lies in bridging the exterior statecraft and the interior pursuit. And since Ye Shi's understanding of this pursuit differs from that of his contemporaries from the school of principle, this essay would also like to scrutinize this difference, a difference that, according to Ye Shi himself, distinguishes exactly himself from his contemporaries. Based on these observations, this essay attempts to elucidate the ways how Ye Shi appropriates the Confucian tradition to construct his own Shi Gong School.
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