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| Contemporary Hermeneutics and Comparative Philosophy between China and the West |
| CHEN Zhi-guo |
| School of Philosophy and Social Development, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100 |
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Abstract From the perspective of contemporary hermeneutics, comparative philosophy between China and the West not only is an important way to study the Chinese philosophy, but also belongs to the inner part of Chinese philosophy itself. In terms of its basic motivation, dialogical comparison and communication with the
heterogeneous Western philosophy help us to discover and clarify our own deep -rooted structure of fore-understanding that is "foremost but always" implicit. As to the main approach, the way of "taking initiative from China in the mutual interpretation between Chinese and Western philosophy" , can be thought as an alternative to the common comparison models, namely, "interpreting Chinese philosophy by the western" or “conquering the west by Chinese philosophy” . With respect to its expected effect, comparative study of Chinese and western philosophy is neither a competition, nor a mere restoration or portrait of the thought of the philosophers in Chinese history; its proper aim is but to push forward the innovative transformation and development of Chinese philosophy itself.
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Received: 01 December 2014
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2015, Vol. 32 
