熊�力早期哲學�想中的兩層體用系統 The Two-level Ti-yong System in Xiong Shili’s Early Philosophical Thought

Xiong Shili 熊十力 (1885-1968) once presented a two-level ti-yong 體用 (the ontological and the phenomenal) system in the early 1920s. It was precisely based on this two-level ti-yong system that his philosophical system was increasingly established later. Therefore, the illumination of this two-level ti-yong system contributes to our better understanding of Xiong’s whole philosophical thought. Unfortunately, till now there has not been any other scholar who has noticed this part of Xiong’s thought. Based on Weishixue gailun 唯識學概 論 (A General Account of Yogācāra Learning), a monograph Xiong published in 1923, this chapter introduces his two-level ti-yong system in detail, analysing his conception of the tiyong conceptual polarity and pointing out the source of his thought, with the purpose of comprehending Xiong’s ti-yong philosophical system more accurately.