以名表实而成知识——儒家知识论的一种合理研究进路

Since the communication between China and the West, just as whether there is philosophy in China, the question of whether China has a theory of knowledge is also a big one. The crux is how to understand the concept of knowledge. If we temporarily suspend the current popular practices of "reverse analogical interpretation", and uphold an "analogical interpretation" of "using name to show reality", maybe we will open a new perspective. In the understanding framework of Ming theory, namely, Chinese theory of knowledge, the in-depth investigation of the three connotations of Confucian Ming is directly related to many issues of Confucian theory of knowledge. First of all, the meaning of Mingfen refers to the source of Confucian theory of knowledge. As the principle of transcendence, Mingfen contains all the true knowledge and ideas of Confucianism. Secondly, the meaning of Mingfen can constitute a kind of Mingfen knowledge, and the pre-Qin Confucianism has considered and responded to the question of why Mingfen knowledge is possible and how to deduce it. Finally, the relationship between moral knowledge with Mingfen knowledge as the core and non-moral knowledge bears on the modernization of Confucianism, and in this respect, the examination of Mingyan and Mingsheng which are involved in the acquisition methods of the Confucian knowledge will help to disentangle the above issues. In a word, it is a feasible and legitimate approach to re-dredge the Confucian theory of knowledge through the statement of Ming.