Discussion Of Liubingzhong’s Thoughts And His Major Contirbution At Beginning Of Yuan Dynasty

Liu Bingzhong was the leader of the northern XingZhou School at the beginning ofYuan dynasty, his growth background and experience made him lack a strong concept ofHua-Yi distinction. After patiently hiddenness and seclusion practice, he seized theopportunity, assisted Kublai Khan, pursued the Han people’s political culture, and keptlegitimate culture of the Han people’government. Not only created some achievements in thefield of politics, but also did well in academic ideology, religion, architecture design and theaspects of literature and art. He was a important politician, activist and school leader at thebeginning of Yuan dynasty. Liu Bingzhong had so many achievements which was benefitedfrom his behaviors affected by his academic thoughts in the early of Yuan. Liu Bingzhong’thoughts is pragmatic and practical.he combinated Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism to bea part of his thoughts, and applied it to every aspect of his life. With confucianism governedthe society, buddhism purified the mind and taoism maintained the body, he truly "researchedthree thoughs, mix into one". Liu Bingzhong’s thoughts of academic were different from thesouthern school’s thoughts that were traditional neo-confucianism. His thoughts were similarto the ideas of northern academic during Jin and Yuan dynasty. His thoughts were on behalf ofnorthern academic thoughts during Jin and Yuan dynasty. It is not a time that there were manythinkers and ideological works, but his thoughts and philosophy were worth paying attention.Because his thoughts were pragmatic, practical and the three parts which included purifyingthe mind, maintaining the body and governing the society were independent but it was thethree parts that formed his philosophy.