On Wang Daiyu's Theory Of Human Nature Which Derived From The Fusion Of Confucianism And Islam

The theory of human nature is a combination of Islamic culture and Confucian culture which was envisioned by Wang Daiyu, the Chinese muslim scholar, who proposed the proposition of dualism of the human nature. According to comparison method, various points of views about the good-and-bad approaches to human nature in the field of history of Chinese thoughts were analyzed. On the one hand, he borrowed Confucian glossary and styles of expression, on the other hand, he criticized the shortcomings of different theories of human nature. In the end, as a logical conclusion, he gave praise to the Islamic theory of human nature, the spiritual and physical life noumenon was summarized as creation of Allah. Wang Daiyu's theory of human nature is particular and dual. Analyzed from congenital aspect, the human nature is good and human beings are deiform and almost perfect; Analyzed from real-life aspect, the human nature is bad and human beings have kinds of worldly desire which is opposite to deiform. Deity and humanity exist in human being, goodness and badness together constitute the human nature, so, Wang Daiyu's theory of human nature is different from the monism of"purely bad nature of human beings"and the monism of"purely good nature of human beings", it is dualism. But he didn't thought that the two was equal, good born nature of human beings took precedence over bad real-life nature. He thought that goodness came from Allah and badness came from human beings'injustice. He considered that"disposition"could draw close to"authenticity". To resume authenticity, combined with Confucian thoughts of"illustrating illustrious virtue"and"to chasten yourself to restore the old social customs", he advocated the idea of"Hui nationality is mirror of muslim, model of the world, therefore, it was adhered by all things."That is to say, ordinary people needed the guide from sages and lived under sages'instructions to enhance their ascetic practices and temper themselves.(That is so called Zhuxi's thought of"to excavate the good nature of ourselves"), to chasten yourself to restore the old social customs and gain the ultimate achievement. It has the same meaning to Zhuxi's idea, but more colorful, comprehensive and thoughtful.Both Islamic culture and Confucian culture attached importance to spiritual values and moral values of life, so they attached great importance to self- improvement. Both of them considered that people should persist in cultivating and chastening to actualize their own personal worth, raise their ideological consciousness, develop their lofty moral and sentiments, perfect their ideal personality and reach the highest stage. This paper also made a detailed analysis on Wang Daiyu's view about human beings'moral level and the methods of cultivation, which is propitious to the establishment and practice of Moslem social morality. Only individual in the society consciously follow the moral code that was widely accepted, society can keep sound public order and harmonious. His view about the goodness of human nature provide theory backing to the establishment and practice of human beings'moral.Moreover, Wang Daiyu's view about the baddness of human nature can promote the social law system building to a certain extent. Since human nature is bad or part of bad, that means there is a tendency to negate in human beings themselves, which makes them lag behind, negative and do something filthy. Therefore, people cannot just live according to this human nature, or else, the whole societies will lost control and return to the jungle.Wang Daiyu's dualism of the human nature is propitious to the establishment and practice of morality, and can promote the law building. That is to say, it combines morality with law, subjects muslim individual, colony, the whole society to dual regulation by morality with law, promotes social harmony.