中国哲学史上很早就出现过“理学”和“心学”这两个名词,时至今日,人们还经常使用它们来指宋元明时期的两大派哲学。对于“气学”这一词,还没有看到有何史籍记录过,现在的学术著作也未见有使用这一词来标示某一学派或某一学说。“气学”的提法,乍听起来有点生疏,甚至感到蹩扭,似乎没有象听讲理学和心学那样习惯自然. In the history of Chinese philosophy, the two terms “Neo-Confucianism” and “Xinxue” have appeared very early in the history of the Chinese philosophical history. So far, people often use them to refer to the two schools of thought in the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties. There is no record of history recorded in the term “Qi Xue”, nor is there any use of the term in this academic book to identify a school or a certain doctrine. The formulation of “Qi” may at first glance sound a bit rusty and even feel weak, and it seems that it is not as habitually natural as Listening and Psychology.