熊�力早期哲學�想中的兩層體用系統 The Two-level Ti-yong System in Xiong Shilis 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 Xiongs whole philosophical thought. Unfortunately, till now there has not been any other scholar who has noticed this part of Xiongs 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 ti yong conceptual polarity and pointing out the source of his thought, with the purpose of comprehending Xiongs ti-yong philosophical system more accurately.