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Pre-Ch'in Taoism And Ideaistic And Political Education

Posted on:2006-01-30Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:B X ZhaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360152488736Subject:Marxist theory and ideological and political education
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Pre-Ch'in Taoism is full of the deep philosophic theory , superb intelligence and abundant experience of life. Understanding the world by dealing with the Taoism based on the heaven is a thinking mode which Taoists have inherited from historical officials, and its main point is that it can confirm the rules of life and society by the laws which exists in nature. The Taoism which is based on people sets up on the basis of the Taoism based on the heaven, and it is the popularization , application and specilization of the Taoism based on the heaven; the Taoism based on the heaven offers the basis for the existence of the Taoism which is based on people, and it must come to the aspect of the Taoism which is based on people and regard the Taoism which is based on people as the objectives and home.It is the Taoist philosophy of life that the Taoism based on the heavenimplements to the aspect of life, the philosophy of life of the Taoist focuses on theheight of the world, and confirms the values , the goals and the attitudes of lifecorresponding with which people pursue in life. Philosophy of life at first pays moreattention to how to view and treat our own bodies and lives, and comes from the wayof keeping in good health and thinking and exploration for the essence of life, and theTaoist brings out the special way of keeping in good health which is mainly based onwanting quietly and simply , being indifferent to one's fame or gain , viewing themoral character importantly and keeping in good health and building up not onlybodies but also spirits. The more important thing of the philosophy of life is to confirm the values , meanings and goals of life, thus it gives the guidance of life forour life 。 The ideal personality of the Taoist is the embodiment of character of thegreat Taoist in the field of life , and they regard attitudes of life of naturalism as thepurport , specified with which the way of keeping in good health , the way ofcultivating one's moral character and thought of living in society totally agree with thebasic spirit of naturalism. On the basis of the inherent morals and disposition training,the Taoist initiates the beginning of the way of cultivating one's moral character whichtakes the laws of nature as the center of gravity and goals, no matter its free and easyidea of life and death , consciousness of life that views life more importantly thanthings or pursuing ideal which includes contentment that brings happiness, pursuingfreedom and integration with nature; no matter morals training or dispositiontraining ,both regard nature as the orientation of the supreme value and are full ofnaturalism spirits. Taoist advocates thought of action in society that follows the same principle of cultivating one's moral character, which not only can eliminate the strong contradiction between not only people and people and people and things ,but also can come closely into ideal mental realm of Taoist that includes "A man has no oneself for other people , the extraordinary person has no work, and the sage is nameless."It is a general characteristic of Chinese philosophy that pays special attention to social politics and life. It is the political philosophy of Taoist that Taoism based on the heaven implements to the political aspect, and the political philosophy of Taoist can coordinate the interpersonal relationships by ideal of life and attitudes of life according with great Taoist, dispel the social contradiction and realize the political goal of governing by doing nothing. On the basis of ordinary people's difficulty and despair in this dark society, the recognition for painfulness coming from the dark society , it can burst out the strong emotional stimulation and challenge, and the spirit that strongly confronts with the real world determined that it fiercely calls on rulers to manage their people and countries by the main rhythm complying with the nature , control the country on the basis of people by the inaction tactics , make people return to the simple-minded and virtuous life , and the society is...
Keywords/Search Tags:Taoism, life philosophy, political philosophy
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