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"Make Clear-division To Ulltimately Peaceful"

Posted on:2009-01-28Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Z H MiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360245990215Subject:Chinese philosophy
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In the late Warring States, with the total collapse of Patriarchal Clan System, the value system which the society relied on came to the thorough disintegration and Zhou Rite became the history. The thoughts, systems, and political reality of the whole society were to collapse completely. So how to meet the demands of the late Warring States dynasty, to build up new social norms in order to develop the rulling order and rearrange the social relationship, to realize the harmony of the social groups, to achieve the prosperous and courteous society, to provide a new trail and order for the social politics in that period became the most significant issue for the dynasty.This essay is to analyze and expound comprehensivly the emerging, contents, methods and ideal values of Tsunzi's Clear-Division thoughts. It puts forward that Tsunzi raised the thoughts of clear-division and explicit-status of"Heaven-Human"and"person-person". He hoped people to demask their insight on Heaven-Human and social values, to become a gentleman and sage by self-cultivation, to normalize, guide and edify their thoughts and behaviors by admiring rites, emphasizing laws and advocating music. Through all the above means, the status and relationship of Heaven-Human and person-person, the role they should play respectively would be determined finally. Hence people could achieve the insurance of settle-down value.So long as every person obeys the regularity of"rites"decided by their"status", clarifies the status, role, and responsibility in their politics, society and family, if every person feels satisfied with his role and position, at the same time they behave according to the regularity, their family, society and nation will be stable, orderly and harmonious. And so the ultimately peaceful phenomenon of"every person being loved","every person being respected","no fight between each other"and"the whole society as a family"can be finally achieved.
Keywords/Search Tags:clear-division, evil nature, rite and morality, ulltimately peaceful, ideal
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