Does it have any impact on modern epistemology from a clear perspective?
What is the use of Xiong Shili's theory for modern people?
It is based on its foundation.
Do you know that Kant talked about the last thing when he talked about the transcendental consciousness? That thing is the last thing, the absolute thing, those categories, and those schemata. The reason why they work depends on the last thing, and what cultivates the last thing?
Presenting through sexual intelligence, of course, he said that free will is a promise and presentation relies on sexual intelligence.
But there is a problem with this idea, which is the presentation of sexual intelligence. I said that the occurrence of Xiong Shili's own thoughts is directly related to his life experience. If we ordinary people do not have life experiences, do you have a better or gradual way to help us present our sexual intelligence and reveal our true nature when studying.
Quantitative intelligence is the understanding of phenomena and things, and he talks about it all day long. Sexual intelligence is the understanding of the essence, while quantitative intelligence is the understanding of things. He confidently said:
So, quantitative intelligence is just a tool for seeking external reasoning. If this tool is only used in the physical world of the universe in daily life, it cannot be called inappropriate. However, if it is not used with caution and is used as a tool to solve metaphysical problems, treating the essence as an external object to deduce, it is a big mistake and particularly wrong.
——New Yogacara on Mingzong
This statement is similar to Kant's theory of demarcation, which means that quantitative intelligence, as we usually talk about epistemology, is useless for understanding the mind and nature, and for realizing the essence. He clearly stated this.
What other methods can he propose? In the framework of quantity theory, there is no way to do so in the framework of modern epistemology. In modern epistemology, it is said that it is impossible to capture human nature and essence through this objectified understanding, whether through reason or concepts.
In Western philosophy, Plato said to know oneself, and everyone knows that the history of Western philosophy has always talked about knowing oneself. Many people have any doubts about knowing oneself, and knowing oneself ultimately forces them to know one's subjectivity. When they realize one's absolute self, they realize that it is impossible. If I want you to read more of your book, such as Phenomenology, add parentheses at the end to force out intentionality itself.
But in the eyes of those of us who study Chinese philosophy, intentionality itself is still a temperament heart, that is to say, it is derived by you, to some extent, it is like Alaya consciousness, the absolute self nature itself cannot be achieved through the need for a different way, a different way, what is cultivation, is another kind of learning.
Xiong Shili's theory of quantity ultimately returns to the traditional Chinese theory of cultivating skills.
So, in his later years, Xiong Shili finally realized that he had drawn a gap between the Buddhist concept of positive measurement and comparison, or the traditional concept of clarity and modern objects, and the objectified epistemology of modern epistemology. The advantage was that he drew a boundary, with God's belonging to God and Caesar's belonging to Caesar. Nowadays, Western philosophy is also like this. The ontology is about promises, how to discuss things in themselves, and the world in form. We rely on science, reason, and language analysis, and they have such clear divisions.
So, as a traditional Chinese philosophy, Xiong Shili, especially after returning to Confucianism, emphasizes the unity of body and function, the consistency of heaven and life, and the eternity of human application. If you say that quantitative intelligence cannot understand the essence, then everything I do in my daily life does not have eternal value.
From an ontological perspective, it is like this, and from an epistemological perspective, it is also like this. Therefore, it is always based on the binary method of sexual intelligence and quantitative intelligence. It cannot solve the problem of how to see nature clearly in the phenomenal world and in our daily lives. You can achieve this through this life experience, a mysterious experience, but in daily life, how can you give others a method?
In Xiong Shili's later years, especially in his later years, this point became more and more obvious. Returning to the cultivation work, he said that empirical evidence is not a method, it means realizing the essence. He said that I suddenly realized my true nature, and one day I suddenly became enlightened. Internet language is nothing but a floating cloud. Many people still say this, but can you do it?
That's all the emotions of children. To truly surpass these clear insights is called empirical evidence, and empirical evidence doesn't matter.
I don't know if this learning can provide you with empirical evidence, but it may or may not work, regardless of the method. In the past, Zen masters often described themselves as having attained enlightenment, some of which were due to encountering a pile of debris while picking grass, and suddenly realizing it; Or because one of them was carrying a bucket to fetch water and suddenly had an epiphany. You can't even see it, why?
Because it doesn't matter how, but Xiong Shili has a way to obtain it, which is to keep your true heart unobstructed and prevent it from manifesting.
But I can gradually remove the limitations that obscure my true feelings, which can be achieved. So, Lu Jiuyuan said that learning is not about increasing your knowledge, but about reducing your burden, removing the limitations, worries, and knowledge barriers in your heart bit by bit, and it will naturally manifest.
So, there is a way to do it, there is a way. This method is probably only sought after by Chinese Confucians, Laozi and Zhuangzi, as well as Indian Buddhism.
We also agree with Western philosophy that there is no problem with using excessive intelligence to understand all things in the world, to transform life, and to transform the world. But as the most fundamental form of intelligence, how can one obtain it?
Relying on quantitative intelligence alone is not enough. Relying on the traditional Chinese Three Teachings mainly cultivates one's sexual intelligence through cultivation skills, which is why this term is called cultivation skills.
The presentation of cultivation skills is different from the presentation of quantitative intelligence. Quantitative intelligence presentation is a one-way process, as if walking from top to bottom. Cultivation skills are a reverse process. We have a natural conscience, which is presented through our psychology. When we do things and conduct ourselves, we are unconscious or some people reflect, but we cannot reflect on ourselves. In terms of life itself, it is a smooth process. Cultivation is reverse, it is alertness and reflection.
Hegel said that philosophy is the study of reflection, you can say it is reflection, and philosophy is "reflection". What is cultivation for the return of your emotional will?
Just don't go with the flow in life, don't follow the trend in the causal chain of daily life. That way, you will sink forever, because you will never return to your own thing. You will continue to go down in one cause after another, this is called going with the flow.
So, what is this epistemology of Chinese Three Teachings philosophy?
If it is also called epistemology, some people call it kung fu, just like the epistemology of modern philosophy, where the face is not affected by this. Of course, you must not let him call it 'knowledge emptiness', that doesn't matter. We call it' cultivation kung fu '. Cultivation kung fu means that in our understanding and process, we not only follow reason, but also in every shipment of this kind of quantitative intelligence and realization of this kind of emotion, we should be vigilant and make a decision to turn back.
So, when you look at Neo Confucianism, he always uses the term 'reverse perception', while earlier Confucians called it 'restoration of nature'. Some people dislike this term as soon as they see it, and it makes you stop and cut off in the process of circulation. This cultivation skill is not just about agreeing to go down, but about using it to see the body, which is a traditional cultivation skill.
For example, in our daily lives, I reflect on my rational use, my emotional use, and my impulsive will. Reflection, also known as reverie, is a necessary function of presenting sexual intelligence in daily life by engaging in a state of self-awareness and returning to one's true nature.
If you only focus on learning and applying knowledge, of course, you cannot reincarnate. Only this kind of cultivation through self-awareness and experience can help us intervene in the essence of life and return to our own self. We often forget who we are, or even what we do. One cause and effect after another, like an endless chain of causes and effects. Therefore, Buddhism says that the sea of suffering is endless, and turning around is like turning back to shore, which is what it means when using the word 'hui'.
The Confucianism emphasizes the cultivation of the three religions, and sometimes the term cultivation is used. Therefore, the cultivation of kung fu is directly related to the manifestation of sexual intelligence. Let me explain it again. Xiong Shili is a modern development of the Lu Wang Xin Xue, and the relationship between cultivation kung fu and the essence of the mind is a relationship of seeing the body and using it, that is, seeing the body and using it. This is the tradition of the study of the mind.
Have I forced out my ontological intelligence, between these two. The relationship between kung fu and ontology goes back to the Song and Ming Daoist School of Lu Wang Xin Xue. Xiong Shili continued with Lu Wang Xin Xue's lecture on the concept of "body and use", which means that the source of cultivating kung fu comes from where it comes from, and it is still the essence of sexual intelligence itself. Sexual intelligence, or ontology, is not made by kung fu. kung fu is just a manifestation of the essence, and you will always be an aid.
I have a metaphor that kung fu is good at digging wells and fetching water from us. Our kung fu, such as when I go to dig and lift soil, is like well water. The combination of kung fu and essence, in Xiong Shili's view, that water was not dug out by you. Of course, you can say that it was dug out. Everyone thinks that this well was dug by me, and this water is dug out. You are greedy for the heavenly merit for yourself. That water is the great virtue of heaven and earth, called life. You are just cultivating and guiding it out.
It wasn't made by you. So, this kung fu cannot be external kung fu, it must be internal. This is one aspect of Xiong Shili's criticism of Yogacara. He believes that Yogacara has a bit of externalization, so that our innate nature is an external kung fu that is influenced by external factors.
