One was presented by Nie Shuangjiang, Wang Zongmu, Wang Gen and Liu Jishan, which made investigating things almost completely in the area of consciousness, and ignored the direction of facing objectives unavoidably.

• 一种以聂双江、王宗沐、王艮以及刘蕺山等人为代表,将“格物”完全收缩到自我意识的领域,不免取消了“格物”这一经典用语本身所具有的面对客观事物的致思方向。