摘要：宋代以前的易学中，“太极”一般被解释为“气”或“元气”；亦或被释为虚无实体。而宋代朱熹对“太极”进行了新的阐释，超越了前人的“太极”观，通过阐释“太极”，确立了理本体论，完成了理学派的本体论的体系。
关键词：朱熹；太极；理；气；本体论
中图分类号：B244.7文献标识码：A文章编号：1003-3882（2006）05-0018-07
On the superiority of Zhu Xi’s thought on Taiji to his predecessors’ views
SHI Shao-bo
(School of Humanities, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China)
(School of Humanities, Qinghua University, Beijing 100084, China)
Abstract:In the Yi studies before the Song dynasty,Taiji (lit. the Grand Ultimate) was generally interpreted as Qi(vital energy) or Primordial Qi,and even as a void substance.Till the Song dynasty, Zhu Xi set forth a new elaboration to Taiji,the thought on which outstripped the predecessors’ views related.Through elaborating Taiji,Zhu Xi established his ontology of Principle and completed the ontological system for the Principle School in the Song-Ming (960-1644) neo-Confucianism.
Key words:Zhu Xi;Taiji;Principle;Qi; ontology
一、朱熹以前的“太极”观
“太极”一词，最早出现在《系辞传》和《庄子·大宗师》篇。（剩余2114字）