A Study On Wang Chuanshan's Thought Of Gentleman's Personality

Wang Chuanshan's thought of gentleman's personality is an important part of his thought,which involves ontology,human nature and cultivation.Facing the background of the collapse of the Ming Dynasty and the turbulence of the family and the early Qing Dynasty,as well as the patriotic consciousness of worrying about the country and the people and the responsibility of saving the lives of the people,Chuanshan deeply and resolutely pondered the traditional culture.Chuanshan believes that the crux of saving the nation and the people lies in the people themselves.What kind of personality should be advocated and how to build such personality? Is there a real ideal personality in the blood of the Chinese nation that can not only bear social responsibility,but also have moral and ethical feelings,and can point out the direction for people to move forward? These problems have become an important aspect of Wang Chuanshan's rational thinking.By drawing and summarizing the ancient traditional Confucianism,Chuanshan believes that the personality of a gentleman is an ideal personality with great practical value and popularization significance for the national strength and national rejuvenation.First of all,Chuanshan affirms that human nature is the existence of goodness,so everyone has the possibility of becoming a gentleman;secondly,Chuanshan advocates that human nature is born on the birthday of human nature,giving human nature a positive vitality,so Chuanshan believes that everyone can become a gentleman.At the same time,why doesn't Chuanshan regard saints and villains as ideal personalities? This is because saints and villains have certain differences compared with gentlemen.For example,saints can only achieve after they have reached gentleman's personality,which requires many conditions.Villains are “villains of evil” corresponding to “gentlemen of good”,so nature cannot be regarded as ideal personality.Chuanshan also advocates that personality is “dynamic”,reminding people to reach the ideal state of “unity of body and use” through “day and night”.To achieve a gentleman's personality,we need to have a correct cultivation.Chuanshan believes that human nature can be divided into undelivered and developed.The undeveloped nature is body,which is good.When it has already developed,it will be influenced by the “good character” and “bad character”.With the accumulation of Qi in human nature,people may be good or evil.At this time,the gentleman should do “keep and nourish before hair” and “check before hair” to save the good and eliminate the bad.When a gentleman constantly cultivates himself in the morning and night,and “appreciate” the world with his glorious virtue,it reaches the highest state of the gentleman's personality—the state of neutralization.