Lee Juchen’s Xinzengtaixuanjing, Its Xuanshu View and the World of Pre-experientialism

Abstract

The essay aims at making a theoretical system Lee Juchen’s Xinzengtaixuanjing through the world of pre-experientialism. He is concerned with the character of number-principle in Yangxiong’s Taixuan. Particularly, he pays attention to Xuan concept, the number of Xuan and the Dao of Xuan. He probes into an integral unity of the Dao of Xuan according to the deductive mode of number. The Dao of Xuan is characteristic of the arithmetic way of number into the process of recognizing the reality of world. It is an epistemological process of Xuan, the number of Xuan and the Dao of Xuan. He emphasizes an ontological point of view concerning a pre-experiential form of number. A form of number is not only a premise of prescribing the existence of myriad things but also a measure of real human life. Consequently, his world-view results in a pre-experiential prescription of number in terms of a unity of principle and number.