Jen: As A Moral Body Composition

Confucius never gives Benevolence a notional definition who always explains it optionally. There are so many different controversies about Benevolence in all ages, but these explanations only describe it superficially, which can hardly touch the essence of it. Excitingly, some scholars have had comprehend the essence of Benevolence. For instance, Xu Fu-guan regards benevolence as a self-conscious psychosis, and Yu ying-shi regards it as an existence which is confounded by reason and perception. Yang ze-bo concludes a new concept namely ethical-mentality so as to clarify the essence of Benevolence. The ethical-mentality equals to benevolence which is an inherent part of human beings composed by social life and rational mentality. It is a specific attitude kept by people when they solve moral problems in certain circumstance and it is also a big breakthrough to comprehend and define Confucian benevolence.The author also confirms the ethical-mentality as a sticking point to re-apprehend Benevolence. Because it makes Benevolence can be analyzed as a content part in which there are affluent components. However, Professor Yang zeo-bo didn't explain how Benevolence to be formed as an ethical-mentality which is also the main point that this essay needs to discuss. This thesis aims to discuss the course of Benevolence's configuration which is influenced by social life, rational mentality and sensibility. Benevolence can behave people's moral practice, and also can renew its configurable components during its forming process. In short, regarded as Onto-morality, Benevolence is the ethical-mentality of human being which can lead the direction of people's moral practice steadily and continually, and which is theoretically significant to the morality research in modern times.