A Historical Investigation of "Whether China in the Ancient Times Had Philosophy or Not"

In recent years,the debate on "whether China in the ancient times had philosophy or not" and "whether the Chinese philosophy is legitimate or not"has become a hot issue in the academic field.Scholars put forward their own views about these two questions.Some are impressively remarkable,and reveal their insight into the issues.This article does not try to answer these questions,but intends to investigate the origin of these questions,the great efforts made by older generations for solving these problems and their dilemma from the historical angle.Actually,whether we consider China had philosophy or not,we must take the western culture as a reference frame.We can say now whether China had philosophy or not cannot escape its "predestination".