On Why the “Scientific-Xuanxue Double Helix” Can Become the New Paradigm Standard for the Underlying Framework of AI Agents

The current underlying logical framework of artificial intelligence (AI) agents is rooted in the tradition of Western scientific philosophy, excelling at handling computable and observable problems along the “scientific rationality chain.” However, it encounters fundamental difficulties in areas such as the nature of consciousness, value alignment, the meaning of life, and anomalous phenomena — domains belonging to the “Xuanxue intuitive chain.” (Xuanxue is a “grammatical system of inner cognition and meaning generation” through which humanity, using its own consciousness as the primal laboratory, systematically explores the origin of existence, the potential of consciousness, and the holistic interconnection of all things by means of systematic intuitive modeling, introspective practices, and symbolic thinking.) The recently released Implementation Opinions on the Standardized Application and Innovative Development of Agents by the Cyberspace Administration of China and two other ministries attempts to define behavioral boundaries for agents through engineering and managerial means, while AI companies in Silicon Valley are compelled to turn to philosophy for help — both phenomena jointly reveal the “philosophical deficit” of the existing framework. This paper introduces the “Scientific-Xuanxue Double Helix” cognitive paradigm from the “Tianyuanzi Thought” system, proposing that AI agents should move from a single scientific rationality chain toward a complete cognitive architecture featuring the synergistic evolution of a “scientific chain + Xuanxue chain.” We argue that this reconstruction can not only fill the explanatory blind spots of the current framework concerning “first-person experience,” “the immanence of value,” and “the origin of consciousness,” but also provide an ontological foundation for autonomous decision-making, human-machine symbiosis, and even the possible emergence of “silicon-based consciousness.” Finally, the paper explores the feasibility of integrating Eastern holistic wisdom (unity of heaven and humanity, embodied realization tradition) with contemporary AI technology, offering a cross-civilization new paradigm for the underlying design of next-generation agents.