Contemporary Chinese studies of Xiong Shili

摘要

The publication of XIONG Shili's New Doctrine of Consciousness Only(~gr@~) inrnclassical Chinese in 1932 marked the formal establishment of his philosophicalrnsystem. Since then, it has always held interest for the academic community inrnChina. GUO Qiyong $g~ summarized studies of XIONG at home and abroadrnbefore the 1980s in "A Review of Studies of XIONG Shili in China and Overseasrnin the Past Decades" (in Guo 1985: 118-144). The period from the 1980srnto the present witnesses a climax of research on XIONG Shili. More and morernscholars in China and overseas have interacted with one another, exchangedrnviews, and pursued further their studies of Xiong's philosophy. In particular,rnscholars from Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macao have communicated thernlatest developments of their independent and unique research works. A significantrnnumber of publications on Xiong have followed. This review intends tornprovide a general picture of the representative research works on Xiong donernduring the past twenty yeas. In this sense, it can be regarded as a follow-up ofrnGuo's above-mentioned review article on the same topic.