It because , as this paper points out , the philosophers in ancient china believed that everything in the world is isogenous and the object and the subject emanate from the same root . This characteristic difference from the western philosophy calls our attention .

而之所以能这样，在于古代哲学家有着万物一体、物我同道的思想，诸如这些，都表现出与西方哲学所不一样的特征，应引起关注。