Ma Yifu's Influences on Xiong Shili's New Consciousness-only Doctrine

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Ma Yifu's Influences on Xiong Shili's New Consciousness-only Doctrine

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Qing-liang LI

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201-232

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From 1923 to 1927, Xiong Shili had two significant changes in his thought, moving away from the basic train of thought of the first draft of New Consciousness-only Doctrine that the Original Substance itself is changing continuously, which is a theory of a non-present substance. But after meeting Ma Yifu in 1929, Ma's resolute and intense objections caused Xiong to doubt his original position and led to an important revision of that work, the first half revised by Xiong, and the last half revised mostly by Ma. Finally, New Consciousness-only Doctrine no longer continued its original direction, but gradually accepted Ma's suggestion of the Original Substance as not changing rather than changing, that is to say, changing to a theory of a present substance. In his old age, Xiong recognized that this was a mistake, then changed again, and returned to the theory of a non-present substance. Considering the whole process of Xiong's philosophical investigation, New Consciousness-only Doctrine was his signature work, but probably not a mature one.

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Xiong Shili, Ma Yifu, New Consciousness-only Doctrine, self-changing substance, non-present ontology

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