Why do some people say that China has no philosophy?

The word "philosophy" was introduced into China from the west. They think that philosophy belongs to the West, not to China. /kloc-Chinese was used for the first time at the end of 0/9, and it was quoted from the "philosophy" of using Chinese in Japan. Philosophy is a term coined by the ancient Greeks 2500 years ago.

Pythagoras was the first person to use the words philosophy and philosophy. Therefore, they think that only the West adopts philosophy.

From the research object of philosophy, philosophy is a universal and basic problem, which is mostly related to reality, existence, knowledge, value, reason, mind and language. Starting from rational existence itself, we seek the essence (origin) of rationality and the relationship between self-existence and other existence in the world.

It is generally believed that philosophy is a method, not a set of propositions, propositions or theories. Philosophers in the history of China all tend to have a set of thoughts, such as Confucianism and Taoism, and all tend to have a single thought. So some people think that China has no philosophy.

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Ancient philosophy

In ancient China, Confucianism, Legalism and Mohism were the main schools of philosophy. The introduction and development of western philosophy in modern times also caused great influence, among which Marxist philosophy was designated as the official ideology; Scholars represented by Neo-Confucianism try to innovate and develop China's traditional philosophy.

China people's world outlook is represented by the Book of Changes, and their ethical social outlook is represented by Confucius and Mencius, which are highly praised by rulers and Confucian scholars in past dynasties.