英文摘要
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Although some scholars claim that some kind of true succession has been found in the development of Confucianism from the period of Confucius and Mencius to the present, I think that there is a great transition or deviation in reality. In the big 'family' of Confucianism, we can only find different kinds of 'resemblance', but not any thing called 'essence' or Tao-tung'.This paper aims at discussing with professor Yang Cho Hon the problem of 'Confucian Essence' originated from professor Mon Tsung-san's philosophy. Wong Yang'-ming's and Xiong Shi-li's theories of 'Cosmic Mind' are also the targets of discussion. I argue, in this paper, that the theories of 'Cosmic Mind' are contrary to Confucius' and Mencius' theses of 'the demarcation between Man and Beast'.
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