The Study About Feng Youlan's The Theory Of Life States

Feng Youlan is a famous Philosophical philosopher and moralistin the 20th century of China. He proposes his theory of life states inthe context of Chinese and Western cultural controversy and ournationality in peril in 1930s and 1940s of the 20th century. FengYoulan' s the theory of life states is the core of his life philosophy andhe thinks that the nature of man is intuit based on mind, the meaningof life is different according to different life's nature, four differentlife states are natural state, utilitarian state, moral state and heavenand earth state because of different intuit based on mind for logicuniverse and life. The heaven and earth state is the highest state, manof this state is a sage. Taking the heaven and earth state as the higheststate points out the spiritual ballast as well as we lose ourselves. FengYoulan classifies the life states as four different phases from low tohigh, and makes out that utilitarian life state is a low life state whichis beneficial to advance moral level and direct moral life.Feng youlan's The Theory of the Life States has extensive effects.It emphasizes that I am self-disciplined,self-emancipated,self-developed, self-perfected and self-realized, that relationship betweenmyself and others is harmonious, that to be concerned aboutcountries' benefits is more important to be concerned about individualbenefits. Feng youlan's The Theory of the Life States representsimportance of human being and integrates collectivities' benefits andindividual benefits which is help to establish socialistic marketablemind and ethical spirit. Feng youlan's The Theory of the Life Statesthinks utilitarian life state as a low life state, illuminates that therelationship between morality and justice and benefit is not opposed, thinks that morality and justice is important, but benefit is notabandoned, and benefit is just a step achieving morality and justice which helps fight with extreme money worship,individualism,gastronomy and utilitarianism, advances spiritual state. Feng youlan'sThe Theory of the Life States has some defects, for example, Fengyoulan has more interesting for morality and justice than benefit, it isthe same as old Confucian, he thinks that the Path is high and brilliantextremely is more important than that the Path is in the state ofequilibrium which has feasibility of deviating from reality, and themysticism in his the logic universe life state and so on. So we shouldexert the standpoint,the viewpoint and the measure of Marxism todevelop the useful which for example is mind spirit and discard theuseless which for example is the mysticism of Feng youlan's TheTheory of the Life States, thereby contribute to construct life view inthe new period, to advance civic moral level, to push development ofevery walk of life.