| It is obvious that "Qing"(Emotion) is greatly valued in the bamboo-text named "Xing zi ming chu"(《性自命出》). While Qing is a basic concept in Confucianism, so although the concept of Qing and the idea of "Tao begins with Qing" are proposed in the text clearly, it is far from enough to show the importance and the uniqueness of it. Several concepts in the text are related to the Mind-Nature Theory, such as Tian(Heaven), Ming(Fate), Xing(Human nature), Qing(Emotion), Xin(Mind), Dao(Tao), Zhi(Will). This paper tries to find out the Mind-Nature Theory of this text by analyzing few key concepts, Tian, Xing, Qing, Xin.
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