Cheng Brothers'Neo-Confucian Construction In The Vision Of Yi-ology

Based on their new interpretation about Yi-ology,Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi built their Neo-Confucianism system.From the vision of Earth born and reborn things,Cheng Hao gave new interpretation to production and reproduction what is called Yi,and thought that Heaven Principle is the ontology basis of Earth born and reborn things.The individual should participate in moral practice and write personal Yi in secular life,so as to achieve the life realm what he can awaken to the Oneness in all things.From the perspective of Earth born and reproduce things,Cheng Yi thought that change is the existing mode of everything,and Heaven Principle is the reason why change happens all the time.Everyone should do the right thing at the right time so as to comply with Heaven Principle and achieve the life realm which Nature and Man in One.They built their Neo-Confucianism system on the vision of Yi-ology.This paper intend to elaborate the similarities and differences of their Neo-Confucianism,and elucidate the governing and basal function that their Yi-ology during in the process of their Neo-Confucianism system construction.There are six parts in this paper.The introduction of this paper combs the previous academic research findings at first,and then elaborates this paper's researching significance and researching methods.Cheng Hao's and Cheng Yi's theory had got wide attention long ago.Modern scholars have extensive and deep research their theory from the vision of Neo-Confucianism and Yi-ology and rite thought.But academic circles have not carry on enough research on the realm which the governing and basal function that their Yi-ology during in the process of their Neo-Confucianism system construction.Hence,this paper intend to elaborate the governing and basal function that their Yi-ology during in the process of their Neo-Confucian system construction through four aspects.In addition,this paper will illustrate the similarities and differences between Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi and elucidate the reason why they had different personality traits was their differences on Neo-Confucianism.About researching methods,this paper firstly uses Literature research method to comb their works so as to find reliable research text.What's more,this paper elaborates their Neo-Confucianism construction through Yi-ology view.Moreover,this paper reveals the modern value of their philosophy in the vision of cultural consciousness and the revival of Chinese culture.The opening chapter tries to restore the process that Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi construct their Theory on Universe through the view of Yi-ology and elaborate the similarities and differences of their comprehension about Heaven Principle.This chapter elaborates the research paradigm's change of ontological researches before Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi.The book of change describes the born and reborn and variousness of all things.In Han dynasty and Tang dynasty,Confucians thought built a world which is an Isomorphism of man and nature,but they did not construct Confucian ontology.Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi criticized the Confucians of Han dynasty and Tang dynasty,and transformed Wang Bi's Metaphysics,and thought that Heaven Principle is the ontology basis and value basis of all things.Although they thought that Heaven Principle is the ontology basis and value basis of all things,but there are similarities and differences of their comprehension about Heaven Principle.Cheng Hao found Heaven Principle through the reason why born and reborn happen in all things,and had a thorough knowledge of benevolence and Heaven Principle.Cheng Hao described a picture in which nature and man is in one positively linked up of the universe.In this picture of the universe,the Earth produces everything and everything is in continuous reproduction in an endless succession,subject-object dichotomy is surpassed,and all things are interconnected and linked up positively.From the reason why all things are in continuous reproduction in an endless succession,Cheng Yi emphasized that Heaven Principle is the ontology basis and value basis of all things,and then built an organic picture of the universe that various things exist together.In this picture of the universe,subject-object dichotomy is emphasized,and all kinds of things are various,but nature and man are in one.The second chapter elaborates Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi how to interpret the mind and nature theory of the book of Change,and construct their Neo-Confucian study of mind and nature.Zhou Dun Yi transformed the interpreted concern of Yi-ology from theory of yin and yang to the study of Xing(human nature)and Ming(mandate).Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi enhanced the study of human nature and mandate of Yi-ology,and constructed their Neo-Confucian study of mind and nature.They borrowed the research paradigms of nature of heaven and earth and physical nature which were founded by Zhang Zai,and divided human nature in two parts:nature of mandate and Heaven and Inborn nature.Cheng Hao thought that original nature is implementation way of Heaven Principle.Original nature must link with Qi,otherwise it can not become nature of particular thing.Cheng Hao gave new interpretation to ' everything obtains its correct nature' of the book of Change so as to elaborate the process of Heaven Principle's continuous actualization.The nature of Particular thing is continuous actualized by Heaven Principle.The nature of Particular thing is not the original nature but inborn nature.Because both original nature and inborn nature are nature,so Cheng Hao did not strictly distinguished nature and mind and emotion.Cheng Yi thought that only original nature can be called nature,inborn nature is just Qi.He thought mind can be divided into two parts,substance and function.The substance of mind is still nature,and the function of it is emotion.Nature is goodness,while emotion is goodness-evilness fused.The third chapter reconstructs the process of Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi's establishing their theory of moral Self-cultivation through the way of brightening theory of moral Self-cultivation in the book of Change.In the vision of Yi-ology,Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi integrated ancient books and records and put forward personal Neo-Confucian theory of moral Self-cultivation.Cheng Hao absorbed the moral cultivated way of watching that all things are continuous reproduction in an endless succession,and put forward his own Neo-Confucian theory of moral self-cultivation.He attached more importance of inner intuitional experience,and considered that investigating things to exhaustively pursue principle is equivalent to perception of benevolence.He considered that conserving healthy atmosphere is the way of stabilization of human nature,and complying with Heaven Principle is the higher way of moral self-cultivation.Cheng Yi transformed the way of moral self-cultivation from keeping still to keeping reverence,and borrowed the way of adjusting and regulating emotions,so as to put forward his own theory of moral self-cultivation.Based on subject-object dichotomy,he thought that investigating things to exhaustively pursue principle must link up to sincerity and reverence.He thought that everyone should adjust and regulate emotions through nourishing Qi,and comply with Heaven Principle.The fourth chapter recreates the process of Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi how to brighten the sage realm of the book of Change and put forward their own theory of life realm in the vision of Yi-ology and Neo-Confucian.The holy man not only in Yi-ology but also in Neo-Confucian is the man who achieves highest utmost ideal life realm.Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi brightened the sage realm of the book of Change and integrated ancient books and records,and established their theory of ideal life realm.Cheng Hao integrated holy man and humanity,and put forward the ideal life realm of Oneness of heaven and man.Based on his ideal life realm,he was gentle and affable in daily life.But Cheng Yi distinguished holy man and humanity,and he also constructed the ideal life realm of Oneness of heaven and man.He emphasized on complying with propriety and righteous,and was serious in daily life.He tried hard to achieve the ideal life realm of Oneness of heaven and man.The fifth chapter concludes both Cheng Hao's and Cheng Yi's theory of Neo-Confucian and their construction type of Neo-Confucian exerted a profound influence on ages.Nowadays,Cheng Hao's and Cheng Yi's theory of Neo-Confucian can be used in many fields,such as revival of Chinese culture and the building of harmonious society and world.