宋明理學是統稱濂派周敦頤主張以「道」為核心的道學； 洛派程顥、程頤主張以「理」為核心的理學；關派張載、羅欽順與王夫之主張以「氣」為核心的氣學；與閩派朱熹綜合各學要義，創立以「性理」為核心的性理學。另外還有被後世納入討論的，如 : 邵雍主張以「數」為核心的數理概念學；陸九淵與王陽明主張以「心」為核心概念的心性學；陳亮與葉適等主張以「功利」為核心概念的事功學等。
本文以張載所建構「氣」為宇宙本體的哲學邏輯，在理學萌芽、成長的兩宋時期，擷取張載以「太虛即氣」為核心的概念，引伸出「虛空即氣」的說法。總括對此有意見與想法的論著，於南、北宋朝期間，彙整出三十五人。其中同意氣論主張，並提出具體論述者，有關學藍田三呂、事功學派陳亮等十八人；不同意氣論思想，而有其他主張者，有洛學二程、湖湘學派，及其弟子、門人等十七人。通過這些人的論述與看法，一面可匯聚成之後數百年的思想討論資料庫；另一方面，則是獲得對後世的啟發與開拓，藉此提供吾人持志養氣，憑理精研史實的根基。
全文從第一章緒論:含研究動機與目的、研究方法與限制、文獻探討與分析、研究之預期成果為開始。主要內容分成五章，即第二章 : 張載生平及當代思潮；第三章 : 張載氣論及兩宋 時期關學發展；第四章 : 北宋二程學說對張載氣論之取捨；第五章 :南宋朱熹學說對張載氣論之取捨；第六章: 兩宋氣論對佛老的批判。最後，綜整全般討論，匯為第七章 : 結論。全文置重點於南、北宋朝時期，學者們對張載氣論的主張，提出贊同或存疑的意見，於此考察及探究理學發展實況。
在文本中，且以製成圖表方式，整合當節的重點，便利查考。然則隨後相關論述層出，因而律定本篇論文僅以當時道、理學者為研討對象。同時，不作是非對錯的評定。是以研究即從探究張載氣論為始，繼之兩宋時期各學派的學者，依其對氣論的論述，摘出要點，作為爾後精進研討氣論之基礎。從研發探求當時學人視野的寬度、敘述的長度與研討的深度時，發覺張載終生奮勵的手段，與祈求達成儒學王道文化目的一致時，欣然自勉或將達成論文撰寫目標。
Zhang Zai’s Qi Theory was one of the famours thought of Song Ming Neo- Confucianism. This article used Zhang Zai’s philosophical logic of "Qi" as the ontology of the universe.
The concept of "Tai Xu is Qi" as its core led to the saying that "Void is Qi".
The full text was from the first chapter of the introduction: including research motivation and purpose, research methods and limitations, literature exploration and analysis, and the result
of this research expectations .
The main content was divided into five chapters, namely, Chapter two: Zhang's life and contemporary thoughts ；Chapter third: Zhang's Qi Theory and the development of Guan School were in the two Songs Period ; Chapter four: The Choice of Cheng Hao and Cheng Ye's Li-Qi dichotomy Theory commented on Zhang's Qi Theory proposition in the Northern Song Dynasty ； Chapter five : The Choice of Zhu Xi Li-Qi duality Theory commented on Zhang's Qi Theory proposition in the Southern Song Dynasty ； and Chapter six : The criticism of Qi Theory was in Buddhism and Taoism by the Song Dynasty. Finally, after the whole comprehensive discussion converged into a conclusion.
Pass through these philosophers discourse and opinion , one side we could have converged the database of discussions since about 1000 years ago ; on the other hand, to gain inspiration and pioneering for future generations, in order to provide our people with the ambition to keep up studing right now .
This thesis began with the exploration of Zhang's Qi theory. We believed as discovery that his life-long encouragement method was consistent with the prayer to achieve the goal of Confucianism royal culture. We were not only excerpt the key from their discourse on Zhang's Theory point, but also took a basis foundation for the studies of Confucianism and Qi theory.
