The Power Of Holy

In the dissertation, a self-questioning study of Chu Hsi's philosophy is proposed.What is the ideological root about the arguments between Chu Hsi and lu Hsiang-Shan, the difference between Chu His and Wang Yang Ming and the interpretations to Chu Hsi's philosophy in modern time? Whether Chu Hsi's philosophy is the Self-evidence truth? Or, whether each philosophy has inevitably "cave" options? Whether different schools discussion and explanation have the inevitable difference? In the dissertation, the viewpoint is from the discrepancy of the explicit skill point to the analysis of ontology. In Chu Hsi's philosophy, virtue shows the existence of ontology and vice shows the efflux of virtue. The relationship of private (vice) and virtue is just the same as the idea of individual and public in the west philosophy.Four chapters are included in this paper. A analysis of good as noumenon, is first showed, which contain the Great Ultimate (principle [li], material force [ch'i]), jen[humanity], the mind of the universe and the mind of sage.Through the analysis of private and vice, it is proposed that the ordinary person view and the original mind should be remained because it is limited by body and is finally implemented by purity (ch'eng) and attentiveness (ching). About skill approach, the Great Learning and Elementary Learning are considered as the two cycles of ancient investigate and creativity in the Chu Hsi's philosophy. The relationship about Inner Cultivation(hang-yang) and The Extension of knowledge (chih-chih) does not take much consideration. The point of the Great Learning——the investigation of Things(Ko-wu) is explained by the two ways, searching for the meaning of the bible and measuring square. The characteristic of Chu Hsi's philosophy is shown that, the training of the former can provide other perspectives for the subject. The latter affirms the essential moral subject. In this sense, the Wang Yang-ming's philosophy is discussed and proves that contribution of Chu Hsi is great.Either the comparison of Chu Hsi and Yang-ming or the comparison of Chinese and west philosophy show that the narrowness such as sectarian bias may have effect on the judging of the meaning of the ancient philosophy resources for modern moral Construction.The details of the four chapters are as follows.In the first chapter, the subject is that principle and the mind of the universe are good. According to Mencius, the human nature is good; Cheng Hao and Cheng I explain it by different ways. Analyzing The Great Ultimate, we find that the Chu Hsi's idea is an inosculation: in the early time, The Great Ultimate contain principle [li] and material force [ch'i], and at his old ages, he states that The Great Ultimate is just priciple[li]. Good is assumed the origin of the world and ascend itself a noumenon of the world. Good is the world's essential attribute. He analyzed the humanity (jen) and concluded that virtue is discovered from principle [li] to human nature. Through mutual explanation of the mind of universe and the mind of the saint, the saint is example of common person and symbol of the virtue, which prove really the exist probability of saint school. In the second chapter, the subject is the selfishness of common person. At first, it is proposed that how the idea of common person comes into the Chu Hsi's discourse and common person is an important concept according to the saint. When studying the difference of the common person and the saint, the old abruption doctrine of the destiny and temperament does not be taken much account, while the importance of passion is brought forward from the relation of mind and principle (nature). Finally private and vice is summed up as body and material force through analyzing sentiment and morality. It is necessity analysis for the culture of learning the saint.In the third chapter, the core concepts of Chu Hsi's kongfu theory of being saint are holding fast to attentiveness (chu ching) and pursuing the principle. It is decomposed as Elementary Learning (self-restraint), the Great Learning (the investigation of Things), restricting the behavior (cultivate the morality), molding the temperament (managing the temperament). The investigation of Things (Ko-wu) isexplained by the two ways, searching for the meaning of the bible (the amalgamation of the principle and the mind) and measuring square (the measurement of each connection among the minds). It is concluded that learning the saint depend on finally the happiness of the mind. Both the Elementary Learning and the Great Learning show that Chu Hsi's learning saint theory makes sense on the invention of subjectivity and recognition of others.In the fourth chapter, Yang-Ming's philosophy is analyzed in three levels: mind and nature, intention and kwonledge, kwonledge-action and happiness. When promoting the Chu Hsi's learning saint theory, Yang-Ming philosophy shows the two-side sense. By the comprehension of kant's philosophy, the similarity and difference between Chu Hsi's philosophy and Yang-Ming idea are shown from external view.Finally, the conclusion shows the simple reflection to moral philosophy and the meaning of Chu Hsi's philosophy according to modern discourse.