Defining Concepts/标识性概念

"The construction of an independent Chinese knowledge system represents a reflective engagement with-and a critical dialogue against-the overwhelmingly dominant Western social science theoretical framework that has prevailed since modern times. The foundation of any knowledge system lies in its concepts; therefore, the fundamental work of building an independent knowledge system is to fully refine and articulate those defining concepts with strong explanatory power that have emerged from China's traditional historical experience in political, economic, and cultural domains.

The so-called ""defining concepts"" are distinct from ordinary everyday vocabulary, nor are they mere reiterations of already established and widely accepted definitions within the academic community. Rather, they refer to concepts that have originated in the course of indigenous historical, cultural, and political evolution, have entered academic discourse, and have been widely adopted-possessing strong explanatory validity and enduring vitality.

构建中国自主知识体系，是对近代以来占绝对主导的西方社会科学理论体系的一种反思与对话。而知识体系的根基是概念，构建自主知识体系的基础工作，就是要对中国传统历史经验中形成的政治、经济、文化等方面有标识性的重要概念，进行充分的提炼与阐释。

所谓"标识性概念"，不同于一般的"日常语词"，也并非仅仅复述学界已有公认"定义"的概念，而是指在本土历史文化演进及政治实践中产生，又进入学术流通为世人所用的具有较强解释力和生命力的概念。

Chen Shaoming is a jointly appointed professor in the Department of Philosophy and the Boya College at Sun Yat-sen University, where he also serves as Director of the Academic Committee of the Department of Philosophy and Director of the Division of Humanities. He is a Distinguished Professor of the Changjiang Scholars Program and Vice President of the Chinese Society for the History of Philosophy. He has published over a dozen works, including People, Events, and Things in the Classical World and Doing Chinese Philosophy, and has advocated for the approach of ""doing Chinese philosophy,"" which has exerted considerable influence in the academic community.

Wu Chongqing is a professor in the Department of Philosophy and the Institute of Marxist Philosophy and Chinese Modernization at Sun Yat-sen University, and serves as Deputy Director of the Division of Humanities. He is a recipient of the Special Government Allowance of the State Council and a contributing editor-in-chief of Open Times (Open Times). His research interests include folk beliefs, the Chinese revolution, and rural revitalization. His representative works include The Complementarity of Confucianism and Daoism and The Path of Sun Village: Gods, Ghosts, and Humans in the Post-Revolution Era.

陈少明，中山大学哲学系、博雅学院合聘教授，哲学系学术委员会主任，中山大学人文学部主任。长江学者特聘教授，中国哲学史学会副会长等。出版有《经典世界中的人、事、物》《做中国哲学》等著作十余种。倡导"做中国哲学"，在学界产生较广泛影响。

吴重庆，中山大学哲学系、马克思主义哲学与中国现代化研究所教授，中山大学人文学部副主任。国务院特殊津贴专家，《开放时代》特约主编。研究方向为：民间信仰、中国革命、乡村振兴。代表作有《儒道互补》《孙村的路--后革命时代的人鬼神》等。