A Study Of Ethical Issues In The Mencius’ Allusions To Changing Sheep To Cattle

In the allusion to "change the sheep to the ox" in "Mencius",Mencius explained King Qi Xuan’s behavior of "changing the sheep to the ox" by "seeing the ox but not the sheep".The conclusion of “Gentleman far from kitchen” has made future generations to argue a lot about this incident.Zhu Xi also explained Mencius’ s explanation.First,he believed that Mencius’ s expression was a strategy of persuading benevolence,“not just on the matter”,the purpose was to make King Qi Xuan realize his compassion and guide King Qi Xuan to exercise benevolent governance;The concept of "li is not performed " is derived from "seeing"."Seeing" is not just a simple physical observation,but the process of the formation of reason.Without seeing,reason is not generated.And the understanding of "benevolence" is reversed;and finally;Emphasis on "the characters are different",for animals,"seeing and not seeing"can be used as the standard of behavior,but not for humans.Wang Fuzhi emphasized the importance of "ren shu",compassion alone is not enough,more important than compassion is to have a method of benevolence,and there should be "ren shu" to guide every moral behavior;And made a new interpretation of "tui en",which is different from the understanding of Mencius and Zhu Zi.Wang Fuzhi believes that "tui en" means "doing an intolerable government with an unbearable heart",that is,moral emotions are based on "ren shu".The process of producing ethical behavior.As a kind of moral emotion,"intolerance" plays a very important role in the occurrence of moral behavior,but moral emotion itself is not stable and powerful enough,and moral emotion often contradicts other social rules.Moral emotions are easily affected by "seeing","seeing" has its ethical connotation,which makes the two parties in the moral situation have a relationship.The behavior of King Qi Xuan can be understood,and turning a blind eye is also criticized as a manifestation of inhumanity;but "seeing" "It also has its limitations as a sensory perception,so emotional subjects are prone to make wrong behaviors or be deceived by intentions.The compassionate heart still has many difficulties in the process of "tweeting",whether it is from the compassionate heart to the moral behavior of the compassionate or the tweeting problem between the objects of the compassionate heart.The cultivation of the "intolerance" is very important.The moral decline of modern society,and many insensitive behaviors occur not only because the "intolerance"has not been properly performed,but also because the "intolerance" has not been nurtured and maintained.