中文摘要：

从一种比较哲学视野出发，本文指出和西方一样，中国传统哲学中亦存在着一种“用具的形而上学”，与此同时，还为我们揭示出了中西“用具的形而上学”之间的根本区别；如果说西方传统的“用具的形而上学”的“用具”仅为“有用”的“用具”的话，那么中国传统的“用具”则体现为“备物致用”的“用具”（用器）与“备而不用”的“用具”（礼器）二者兼而有之；进而，如果说前者基于“用器”之用，以一种“道以器显”的方式而为我们更多地彰显了合乎“目的性”的“人”之道的话，那么，后者则基于“用具”的“用”与“无用”的二重性，以一种“道以器显”的方式，使中国哲学既走向了合乎“目的性”的“人”之道，又走向了“目的性”消解的“天”之道，而游刃有余、从容中道于“天”、“人”之间。无疑，中国哲学的“器”的二重性的揭示，不仅以一种体用不二的方式使其亦“天”亦“人”之道的哲学之谜得以破译，也为“器的文明”旗帜下的现代人类走出“人类中心主义”的困境，提供了一种可操作性的器用实践方式的借鉴。

英文摘要：

In the context of comparative philosophy, as this paper showed, similar to western philosophy, there is also a ＂metaphysics of utensil ＂ in the Chinese philosophical tradition. Simultaneously, we disclosed the fundamen- tal difference between the two metaphysics. Unlike the utensil is only for use in western ＂metaphysics of utensil＂, it is not only a tool with usefulness but also a sacrificial vessel without utility in Chinese philosophy. In other words, the western ＂utensil＂ manifested the Dao of human which emphasizes the conformity to human aim forth. Mean- while, the Chinese ＂utensil＂ , which has an ambivalence between usefulness and uselessness, led the philosophy to a Human Dao, and also to a Heaven Dao, which deconstructed the purposiveness of human. This enables the Chi- nese philosophy to have plenty of room between Heaven and Human. Undoubtedly, the disclosing of the ambiva- lence of the ＂utensil＂ in Chinese philosophy solved the enigma why Chinese philosophy is both Heaven Dao and Human Dao. At the same time, it provided a practical way for the modem humans to get out of the jam of anthropo- centrism.