Zhou Thoughts

Zhou Dunyi'thought is from the angle that Qi feel each other, running throughtwo main lines always, a cosmology regarding Wuji as cosmos origin and acultivation considering Cultivating mind a core. Say in brief, that is "primitive andultimate". The "primitive"is a cosmos born, the "ultimate"is that nature and manunite as one—Zhujing that is to cultivate mind. The creating theory in cosmos is forcultivate mind to provide its born basis; cultivating calm for the creating theory incosmos offers the possibility of the apperception. These two main lines act incooperation mutually, and benefit by association together. They are all for the sake ofguiding the person to cultivate mind and body that realize happiness in the world,attaining the sage state of KongYan'enjoying place. It may be said "with the resultthat the most large but to the utmost deeply subtlety". Wuji is Tao that has one Yin andone Yang, passing by Taiji, YinYang, Wuxing etc. which belong to Qi'feelingfunction to creates this living world without stop; Mind, although being one ofeverything in the world produced by Qi, contrarily become spirit of everything andmake the world properly clear. Only have mind then can make this world full oforganic life with brilliant. Mind from Wuji took many orders and talents there, Wuji isinvisible, Yinjing, and expedite, which is an endless process for one coming then onegoing; Mind also is immateriality, Zhujing and spirit, which come naturally from butreturn again and aware of self in Wuji. The unification of Mind and Wuji is forrealizing life and everything smooth. Honest is a guarantees for Honest originates andinherit God's way in the whole things: internalizing in person of five natures is Honestnature, transcending good and evil and attaining perfection is Honest condition, andchanging orderly the world is saint virtue. Saint virtuous is manage state affairs whichbased on the stratagem of considering passion-nature and judging time the situationfor planning, because they can make the public stabilize and have great foresight forthe future. So managing state affairs should try to be practical as the point ofdeparture, use Li-Yue as means, purify heart as to importance, civilize world for self-term, and regard world peace as to the managing ideal. To sum up, Zhou Dunyisyncretize the value idea of Confucian, Buddhism and Taoism in a creative way. notonly did Zhou regard Qi—feeling as jumping-off point, master the God's way andhumanism, and put forward the truth such as YinYang turning life, anyonerepresenting the integral whole creation, Jing being and motion using; But also with iiwell expedite for state, Zhou indicated to be lustless, cultivate mind, pure mind,respond subtlety etc. the wisdom for expecting unhindered, practical, flexible, joiningcreating life.