The Concept Of Mind And Qi In Huang-Di And Lao-Zi Taoism, Centering Upon Guan-Zi's Four Chapters

In view of the special features of the mind and Qi concept in the traditional Chinese culture,this paper puts a special emphasis on Guan-Zi's Four Chapters while mainly discussing theconcept of Mind and Qi in Huang-Di and Lao-Zi's Taoism. A thorough study and understandingpertaining to this concept is conducted with a hope of finding a path from the human mind and Qitheory to Tao. The whole text is outlined as following6chapters:Chapter One, Introduction: it explains researching motivation, methodology, proceeding, andproblematic ideology and reviews studying results regarding relative issues in recent years.Chapter Two, Evolutions of the Huang-Di and Lao-Zi Taoism in the Ji-Xia School: it tracesdown the origins of Tao in Guan-Zi's Four Chapters, i.e. two sequences of thought starting fromHuang-Di in ancient time to Lao-Zi and from Jiang Zi-Ya in ancient history to Guan-Zi. Then,Guan-Zi's academic background is analyzed based on the Ji-Xia Academy and School. In order tolay stress on Tao developments from metaphysics to human being before taking shape ofcharacteristic features of the Huang-Di and Lao-Zi Taoism in Ji-Xia School, an exploration ofmeaningful contents of Guan-Zi's Four Chapters is conducted.Chapter Three, Qi Viewpoints in Guan-Zi's Four Chapters: firstly, the Four Chapters isanalyzed for summarizing related theories in respect of Qi before further studying the valuesources of Jing and Qi Doctrine. Then, these theories are compared with the Qi theories inConfucianism and Taoism so that we could distinguish the specialty of Guan-Zi's Qi theories.Chapter Four, Mind Viewpoints in Guan-Zi's Four Chapters: it discusses the Mind viewpointsin the Four Chapters based on emptiness, unity, tranquility, and cause. Then, the comparisons withLao-Zi's purified mind, Zhuang-Zi's abstained mind, Mencius intrinsical kind, andXun-Zi's intrinsical evil are came up with to clearly stress the developments of Mind and Qithought in the Warring States Period and the dialogues between Confucianism and Taoism.Chapter Five, Academic Influences upon Future Generations of the Mind and Qi theory: theinfluences of Mind and Qi theory in the Huang-Di and Lao-Zi Taoism upon the Annals of Lu Bu-Wei, the Inner Canon of Huang-Di, the Book of the Prince of Huai-Nan, and the formation ofQi depression theory in the medical science during the Later Jin and Yuan Dynasty are separatelymentioned.Chapter Six, Conclusion: a brief review of researching results is concluded.