Comparative Research On Ideal Personality Theory Of Feng You-lan And Feng Qi

Personality is basically related to the realization and development of human’sessence and state of life. Personality is the presentation of self. Self itself is thesubject(human being)and is the master of human thought、emotion、will、action andso on. Personality is the fundamental and noumenal factor of self, and self is theperformance of personality. Generally speaking, Personality is identical with self. Selfshould be conscious self and mental self which is the result of the activities ofpersonality. Self is the core of personality. It can occur in human’s words and deedsand then make up of the state of personality. Personality comes into being when selfconsciousness is obtained. It is characterized by the persistently existent consistencyof self itself and presented as the state of self. It could not exist without the realizationof idiosyncrasy and potential abilities of human，and its ultimate goal is to pursue therealization of ideal personality. Personality will develop towards to ideal personality,which intrinsically are personality’s perfect achievement and the result of itsmaturation and extrinsically are the ideal state of self. Combined with the needs ofsocial culture and times development, the ideal personality theory has arisen. Theideal personality theories have the characteristic elements of the times and they reflectdifferent humanity theories and different philosophy of life. Western personalitytheory is concerned about the independent of personality, and the realization ofhumanity’s potentiality, and the satisfaction of human nature. But Chinese idealpersonality theory pursues virtue to reach a mental state of wise and finally achievethe ultimate concern of life. Confucianist and Taosit consider Saint be the supremeideal personality in Chinese traditional philosophy. Chinese traditional idealpersonality has encountered serious challenges since modern times and been forced tobow to the Modern standard established by western culture.Mr. Feng Yu-lan is one of the most important representative personages of theneo-confucianism. Mr. Feng Qi make great achievements in sinicization of Marxim.Mr. Feng Yu-lan put forwards modernization personality theory and Mr. Feng Qi civilianization free personality theory, which both inherit the wisdom and thepursuance of ideal personality of Chinese philosophy. Though the former based onthe New-Confucianism while the latter on the “wisdom theory” philosophy, they bothhave the same expectation—“From Knowledge to Wisdom、realizing personality”.Mr. Feng Yu-lan took up Chinese traditional Confucianism to emphasize the saintedpersonality. He focused on moral character and pursued the mental state of wise.While Mr. Feng Qi took up the modern “new man” ideals to emphasize the freepersonality, He focused on human’s practicality、subjectivity and individuality, andpursued free mental state of wise combined with the true, the good and the beautiful.Mr. Feng Yu-lan insisted on rational consciousness principle and Mr. Feng Qi on freewill principle. There are differences in philosophical standpoint, research method andaccess between their theories, for example, Mr.Feng Yu-lan intended to modernize thesainted personality while Mr. Feng Qi intended to civilianize the free personality. Buttheir theories are coherent in some points, for example, Mr.Feng Yu-lan and Mr. FengQi both insisted that the ideal personality should concern the transcendental life, andthey both not only recognize the fully development of humanity and human socialnature, but also admit that human nature is good. When it comes to how to realize theideal personality, Feng Yu-lan held that philosophy should be combined with moralactivities, while Feng Qi thought that we should turn the theory into morality, andcould get free consciousness which can become free personality by free work. Heemphasized the combination of practice and education, of personal efforts and grouphelp.Through the comparative study, this dissertation advances that people shouldcombine nationality with epochal character in pursuing the modern ideal personality.We should advocate the pursuing sociality and moral character while pay attention toour individuality and subjectivity; advocate the combination of moralself-consciousness and free will; advocate the pursuing perfect and transcendentalpersonality while pay attention to human potential; advocate the transcendentalconcerning with ideal personality while keep the national characters in concerning thedaily life; and advocate the combination of practice and moral behavior.