From the viewpoint of cognition and language, this paper united the approach of SanPiaoFa (三表法) and Mo Pien tries to reexamine some important topics in the Mo Tzu's epistemology which includes the acquaintance to be aware, the acquaintance of sense-perception, the acquaintance by speech and in action. This paper is divided into three parts:
1.Preface: to compare two approach of Mo Tzu's epistemology and to sum up four distinguishing features.
2.Content: the epistemological study on the cognition and language in Mo Pien divided into four sections:
Ⅰ. discussing the characters of Mo Tzu's epistemology;
Ⅱ. to show the process of cognition, restructures of the conditions about cognition, trying to explain the structure of cognition;
Ⅲ. from the acquaintance by thinking to known by speech and proposition "litzu";
Ⅳ. the acquaintance in action to analysis and to interpret the action intentionality and the "Chyuan Chu"
3. Conclusion: to review and criticize the MoTzu's epistemology as well as to elucidate the difficulties in this study.
