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On Wang Chuanshan's Philosophy Of Human Nature Of "Nature And Chi Are Oneness

Posted on:2004-09-07Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:H H XieFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360122970222Subject:Chinese philosophy
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The human nature philosophy of Chuanshan's "Nature and Chi are oneness" is comparatively special. He brings the category of "Chi" into the filed of human nature. From the characters of "The whole world was a real exist and not empty entity", "it always moves and never stop "of "Chi", Chuanshan demonstrates the traits of human nature's "real" and "dynamic", and stresses that Heaven and earth's 'Li' and 'Chi' coagulated on the human beings bodies then had the human nature, "The human nature grows everyday and becomes everyday." Undoubtedly, it was a big contributes for enriching and enlarging the theory of human nature, and helped the annotation with the question of human nature from the Philosophical original height. So this article will discuss Chuangshan's the unusual theory of human nature according to his thinking of "Nature and Chi are oneness".The article is divided into three chapters altogether, Chapter one expounds the characteristic of Heaven and people are united in Chuanshan's philosophical system of Chi noumenon. Chuanshan inherits and develops the thoughts about the relationship between "hsing"and "Chi" of Chuang Tsai. Chuanshan links up Heaven principles and morals with "Chi" noumenon, think that "the content of universe and human being are just Chi (matters)", points out definitely Chi not only the origin of all things, but also the origin of human nature, and the principle of Chi which is a law of everything, even more embodies the essence of human nature. In logic, the theory of "Chi unites Li " is the theoretical foundation of "Chi unites hsing". There are important meanings to the concrete implementation of the human nature.Then Chapter two launches Chuanshan's theory of human nature of "Chi unites hsing " from the view of "nature is contained by Chi",and discusses the intension of human nature, the origins of human nature, the characteristics of human nature one by one. Especially emphasize that Chuanshan regards human nature as a course that is dynamic and becoming, So-called "Tien Ming gives everyday, nature grows everyday", "Nature comes forth and comes into being constantly." In addition, it is unavoidable to talk about the problem that human nature is good or evil when talk of human nature. From his Chi noumenon theories, Chuanshan defines Goodness by the ceaseless and regular functions of Yin and Yang, then defines nature by Goodness, nature becomes by this function. Chuanshan affirms and maintains more thoroughly the theory of goodness of Human Nature in this meaning. This content described by Chapter three.At the end, we makes a summing-up appraisal to Chuanshan's theory of human nature that "Nature and Chi are oneness." in order to clear its meaning and insufficient.
Keywords/Search Tags:Wang Chuanshan, Nature and Chi are oneness, The theory of human nature, Inherit goodness and coming into human nature
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