无可说即是说也——中国传统哲学的思维向度

The Inexplainableness Is the Right Expression——The Way of Thinking of Chinese Traditional Philosophers

中国传统哲学是通过人与天道的关系来理解和把握世界本原问题的。中国哲人从存在论角度来把握天或天道 ,认为天道无可说即是说也。一方面 ,天道无言。无言的天道通过人的活动呈现出来 ,通过人的活动赋予存在 (天 )以意义 ;另一方面 ,天道难以用名言表达出来。难以言说的天道 ,不能用概念思维来把握 ,而只能通过直觉思维来领悟和体悟。这种无可说即是说的天道观以及对天道的直觉体悟方式 ,显示了与西方传统哲学思维迥然不同的思维向度以及独特的把握存在 (天道 )的方式 ,在人类哲学文化史上具有鲜明的特色 。

Chinese traditional philosophers understood the essence of the world through the relationship between men and the Tian Dao. They thought that the inexplainableness of the Tian Dao was its right expression. On the one hand, the Tian Dao possesses no expression so that it is manifested by way of men's action that endows it with meanings. On the other hand, the Tian Dao can hardly be conveyed with words, nor can the inexplainable Tian Dao be dealt with notional thinking. It can only be comprehended and experienced intuitively. Both the idea that the inexplainableness of the Tian Dao was its right expression and the intuitive approach to the Tian Dao show that Chinese traditional philosophy is different from European philosophy in the way of thinking. It has a characteristic approach in view of nature and order of things, therefore it takes up a distinctive place in the history of world philosophy as well as that of human civilization. It certainly has its unique value.