A.N.Whitehead and Concept of Event(shi) in Zhang Dainian's Early Writings

Zhang Dainian accepted the concept of event(shi) from A.N.Whitehead and he also accepted the theory on structure of matter that was the rage in early twenty-century. The former depicted mainly the character of process and flow of things, it anastomosed with the Chinese traditional thought in Changing and great harmony. This is the basic of his metaphysics. The latter depicted mainly the character of rule and confirm of things. This is the basic of his new materialism. The two viewpoint of matter coexisted in Zhang Dainian's early philosophy, this indicated the mode he accepted and harmonized the foreign thoughts.