Abstract: Since the discipline of the history of Chinese philosophy was gradually established in the 1920s,scholars have constructed three basic paradigms to interpret the history of Chinese philosophy.The first is the interpretation paradigm of "pair structure" constructed by scholars represented by Zhao Jibin and Yang Rongguo.It interprets the history of Chinese philosophy as the history of the struggle between materialism and idealism,dialectics and metaphysics.The second is the interpretation paradigm of "plate structure" constructed by scholars represented by Ren Jiyu,Xiao Jifu and Li Jinquan.It interprets the history of Chinese philosophy as a system composed of ontology,epistemology,dialectics,and view of history and so on.The third isof "spiral circle structure" constructed by scholars represented by Feng Qi,which interprets the history of Chinese philosophy as a three spiral circle structure based on debates and answers to different philosophical problems in history.The spiral circle structure paradigm reveals the categories,propositions and arguments that constitute the development link of philosophy in the process of Chinese philosophy,so it has become a relatively recognized interpretation paradigm in academic circles.

Key words: history of Chinese philosophy, interpretation paradigm, pair substructure, plate structure, spiral circle structure