This article consists of two main parts. First, the author holds that in our time, the problem of modernization must be understood under the context of cultural encounter. Therefore, in order to get the meaning of Chinese thought in the modern sense, it should be studied in this context. Second, an exposition of how Chinese thought gets its modern sense will be given. Mo Jin is the object-text. And to concentrate on the domain of philosophy of action, the author will attempt to manifest and develop the thought of this text.