英文摘要
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The origin of Chinese philosophy is definitely linked with its original religion, of which the category is the greatest timeframe in the inquiries on philosophy and reliable history. Within the limits of this timeframe, the original philosophers must have done some thinking and made some choices in pushing the civilization from the age of religion to the rationalized age of philosophy. However, the theories of philosophical hi story in written documents present mostly the conclusions made by the philosophers after their thoughts and choices rather than the process of such thoughts and choices. Therefore, the inquiries about such a process are somewhat lacking, due to the shortage o f documents. Under this problem consciousness, this article is meant to make the following two approaches. First, it is to reveal and manifest the existence of the ”historically selected direction” and restore the process whereby the original philosophers push the progress of civilization The so-called ”historically selected direction” does not belong to any sing le philosopher but rather represents the value judgment and mainstream option made by most philosophers in the major trend of philosophy. Second, it is to point out the genera l ”substantial content” of the” historically selected direction, ”manifesting the innovative ideas representative of the progress of Chinese philosophy from the age of original gods to the age of philosophy.In terms of materials, since this issue originates in the age before Confucianism and Taoism were separated, one could study the mental frameworks of the philosophers early in the age of philosophy through the religiousness of either Confucianism or Taoism. In terms of the lines of investigation, Tang Jun-yi studied Confucianism and came up with lots of academic results, which enjoy a unique status in contemporary days. Though addressed quite often by others in contemporary days, Tang made the greatest contribution to the research on the relationship between ”the origin of Chinese philosophy” and ”the original religion.” While this topic involves the origin of Chinese philosophy and how the original philosophers philosophize the ideas from the age of mythology, Tang's academic results, pioneering and creative, are worthy of our attention.
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