認識論(Epistemology)本屬西方哲學用來探討知識的本質的領域，它也牽涉到知識方法的問題。以認識論來切入中國思想，是把中國思想的研究由體悟改向分析的嘗試，然而，一旦分析不當，就會陷入削足適履的弊端。從《准南子》這部書來認識中國學者對認識論的理解程度，內蘊著我見微知著的意圖。本文分從胡適、馮友蘭、任繼愈、金春鋒與李增五位最具代表性的學者，歷史的回顧中國近八十年來研究《准南子》認識論的成果，相信對於釐清認識論與中國思想結合的過程，具有一定的意義。

　　　　　Epistemology is a term used in Western philosophy to discuss the essence of knowledge. It also involves the problem of epistemological methodology. In using epistemology in Chinese thought, we are attempting to take Chinese thinking from intuition into logical analysis. Then, when analysis fails, we sink into an unenviable position. From examining the understanding of epistemology put forward by Chinese scholars in the Huai Nan Zi, I was able to abstract a blueprint. This article looks at five modern representative Chinese scholars, Hu shi Fung Yu Lan, Ren Shu Yu, Jin Chun Fung and Li Zeng in studying the results of the last eighty years of research into the epistemology of the Huai Nan Zi. I believe that the elucidation of the process of the synthesis of Chinese thought with epistemology has a definite purpose.