A Study Of Lü Liu - Liang 's "Mencius Handout"

Mencius is not only one of the basic literature of Confucianism, but also is the very important masterpiece in Chinese cultural treasure. It has a high ideological and artistic achievements. And has been influenced many people in an extremely profound and widespread way.What’s more, Mencius is still cherished by the contemporary people until today.There’re uncountable scholars studing Mencius,since the Han Dynasty open the precedent of researching Mencius. For example,noting,writing sequels,respecting, recollecting sidebar,and so on. Many scholars have concentrated on Mencius research in Han and Tang Dynasties, and the statu of Mencius has also showed an upward trend. In the Song Dyasty,Cheng yi and Cheng hao collected the four books,and Zhu xi noted it. Mencius was colleted into the classics. In the Qing Dynasty, the studies on Mencius reached a peak time. The number of literal book in the aspect of Mencius is more than any previous dynasty. And the degree of the research intensive, is unmatched by other dynasties.Lv liuliang is a distinguished scholars,Neo-Confucian and thinker in seventeenth century. He was praised as one of the twelve saints in Qing Danasty by Yan ruoqu.Yongzheng six years, Zeng Jing letterd to rebel, he was implicated to be decapitated corpse stamp.Mencius handouts is his representative works in terms of Mencius. He devoted his life to promoting Neo moral principles. He tried to backtrack historical monuments, save the secular people. He studied Mencius in his own way, which according to their social and historical background and class status. This marked his ideas on the era and his unique personal brand, his doctrine is an important resource for studying Mencius and academic thought of the early Qing Dynasty.Mencius handouts has a very important ideological values and profound practical significance. In the book, Lv Liuliang highly respected Neo-Confucianism.He made a more detailed discussion on the relationship between the monarch and his subjects, the feudal system, the Ida system, etc. Lv Liuliang stressed that, unlike the parent-child relationship, he advocated the monarch as a friend; He refuted the county system, advocates emperor decentralization in local princes; against the wealth gap, argue that the meaning of contract farming. He refuted the county system, advocates emperor decentralization in local princes; against the wealth gap, argue that the meaning of contract farming. He attacked the ethical basis of ancient Chinese authoritarian politics.However, Lv Liuliang’s Mencius doctrine has been little researched before the Xinhai Revolution. Lv’s research status and his learning impact in academic history is apparently not commensurate. So it is particularly necessary to research lv’s thought in a comprehensive, detailed and in-depth way as a case studies.The object of this paper is the Mencius handouts. In order to analyze the reason of Lv Liuliang’s unique interpretation, I conducted in-depth interpretation of the text, and discussed Lv Liuliang’s biographies, background and so on. We identified Lv Liuliang’s position in academic thought in seventeenth century, and then make an objective assessment of its impact on future generations. I hope to provide more detailed information for the study of the Mencius handouts in early Qing Danasty and make a modest contribution to research Lv Liuliang’s academic thinking.This article is divided into the following six parts:The first part is the introduction. This part introduces the significance of Mencius handouts in Mencius academic thought of seventeenth century. This part also introduces the research methods and the current status of research used in this paper.The second part is an overview. This section includes Lv Liuliang’s life story, academic characteristics, the compilation process, style and versions of Mencius handouts.The third part is a literature study on Mencius handouts This paper analyzes the Mencius notes with the word, the word refining characteristics, composition, hierarchy and argumentation skills of literary interpretation, and point out its shortcomings and deficiencies.The fourth part is Mencius handouts thinking research. The article studies Mencius lecture on Mencius1Thought review, respectively from the four aspects,Throne heritage, monarch relations reversion and Reversion three generations.The fifth part is the characteristics about the Mencius handouts interpretation There are three characteristics, Respect Zhu monarch King academic purpose, Mencius as the basis, and focus on the freedom to explore Mencius exegesis Ideological Origins.Finally is the conclusion. This article summarizes the value of Lv Liuliang’s Mencius handouts,and pointed out its shortcomings.