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How Was The Lao-tzu's Thought Formed Under The Horizon Of "The Harmony Between Nature And Human"

Posted on:2020-01-03Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:B L SunFull Text:PDF
GTID:1485305717998869Subject:Literature and art
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The Lao-tzu's thought has its origins,which is the core and purpose of this article:"Research on Pre-Laoism".However,there are many entry points and paths into it.So,we take "the Harmony between Nature and Human" as field or horizon,which is the spiritual and ideological characteristics of the Chinese civilization.We comprehensive Chinese traditional language literature and modern academic research methods,based on the texts of the handed down literature,unearthed documents,archaeological materials,etc.And explores the four main forms of expression and the basic ideological category system of the "the Harmony between Nature and Human" in the pre-old age:"Virtue-Etiquette" system,"Legal-Punishment" system,"Alchemy" system,"Tian-Tao" system.The "Lao-tzu" has more passed down and developed the "Tian-Tao" system,and at the same time criticized and deconstructed the "Virtue-Etiquette" system.In the end,we combine with the Lao-tzu's historical world,ideological domain,and the realm of life,and have initially constructed the ideological category system of "Lao-tzu".In the face of the real situation of the "Troubled times",such as ritual break,destitution,"Lao-tzu" takes the humanity "Act" as starting and establishes the "Tao" as the ultimate value and the foundation of thought.This article intends to try to achieve "two breakthroughs"(new areas,new horizons),and "three innovations"(methods,materials,opinions).The"Breakthrough":(1)The new development of "Lao-tzu" research field,this article takes "Lao-tzu's ideological category system as the core to explore the root of "Lao-tzu" thought(Pre-Laoism)is a relatively new research field.Another example is the study of the similarities and differences between the concept of "Nature and Human" between China,Greece and India,and the four categories systems of "the Harmony between Nature and Human" in "Pre-Lao-tzu Era"("Virtue-Etiquette","Legal-Punishment","Alchemy","Tian-Tao"),all of which have a certain tendency of new theoretical exploration;(2)The local and stereoscopic theoretical horizons formed by " the Harmony between Nature and Human" and the "historical world","the domain of thoughts" and "the realm of life" can explore the origin and contemporary value of Lao-tzu's thought.The "Innovation":(1)On the "Methods",we combined with Chinese traditional literary methods(philosophy,phonology,exegesis,textual research,etc.)and contemporary philosophical research methods(hermeneutics,linguistic analysis,existential phenomenology,etc.)and interdisciplinary research methods,historical research methods,comparative research methods,etc.,strive to grasp the "Lao-tzu" thinking from multiple angles and at multiple levels;(2)On the Materials",the outstanding characteristics of"Pre-Laoism" are first of all due to its temporal nature.For example,the relevant literatures used in this paper have been examined and explained,and are not limited to written materials,including such as star maps.symbols,utensils,sites and so on;(3)On the "Opinions",such as the beginning of the civilization of China,the West and India,investigate the relationship between "the Nature and Human" as the core,but because of the difference in the "survival structure",eventually led to Greece's exploration of the transcendence of "the Dividing between Nature and Human",ancient Indian ethics and religious "God and I are one",ancient China formed a humanistic and empirical " the Harmony between Nature and Human" for "Rituals",and further,the initial construction of the ideological system of "Lao-tzu".The "Introduction" is the basis of formal research.In this part,we define the time limit of the "Pre-Lao-tzu Era",examine the era of relevant citations,and summarize the existing achievements of the ideological category system,the harmony between Human and Nature,and comb the theoretical horizons and research methods.Taking "the Harmony between Nature and Human" as the horizon and entry point,and the concern about the relationship of Nature and Human" is the commonality of the original stage of human civilization,and why only the ancient Chinese formed the unique characteristics of "the Harmony between Nature and Human"?This is the core issue of the "Chapter One".Specifically,we first compare China with ancient Greece.The two are distinguished by the structure of farming and the survival of the sea,which formed "the Division between Nature and Human" of the origin of Chinese thought and the "the Harmony between Nature and Human" of the philosophical origin of Greece.Secondly,through the comparison of China and Indian,the same farming and living structure,China entered the humanistic and empirical "Nature and Human" through Zhou Dynasty's rituals,while India continued the mythology and religious color "Brahman Oneness".After establishing the ideological paradigm and cultural characteristics of "the Harmony between Nature and Human" in China,the "Chapter Two" focuses on the four major basic forms and ideological category systems that are specifically formed in the " Pre-Lao-tzu Era".They are the "Virtue-Etiquette" system and its differentiated "Legal-Punishment" system,as well as the "Alchemy" system and the "Tian-Tao" derived from it.These four systems are all generated by historical construction and contain the core categories that are different and related to each other.The categories of Nature and Human is common to all four.The "Chapter Three",we discuss the close relationship between the Lao-tzu"thought and the system of "the Harmony between Nature and Human".Combined with the text of Lao-tzu,through analysis the problems that Lao-tzu's thought is directed to and the ideological characteristics embodied,explain the relationship between Lao-tzu and the four major systems.Through the historical world,ideological domain and the realm of life,the ideological category system of "Lao-tzu" was initially constructed:such as "Act" as the core,"Tao" as the ultimate meaning and ideological foundation,and "Saint" as the rational personality,etc.Finally,we clarified the significance and value of the study of "Pre-Laoism"in the "Conclusion",such as its possible exploration of the "pre-binary opposition"world,as well as the limitations of this study and the possible future expansion direction.
Keywords/Search Tags:Pre-Laoism, Pre-Lao-tzu Era, the Harmony between Nature and Human, Ideological Category System, Look for the Roots, Significance
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