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Zhang Juzheng's Mentality Of Reform Under A Perspective Of It's Connection To The Transformation Of The Neo-Confucianism In The Ming Dynasty

Posted on:2010-01-23Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:M R LiangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360275489118Subject:History of Ancient China
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As a scholar-officials during the period, Zhang Juzheng came under the influence of school of mind subtly. Dued to the impact of Buddhism early years, Zhang Juzheng agreed with the theory of NieBao's. However, Zhang Juzheng's understanding of"mind"was different from"Liangzhi(良知)"which was ethics significance in school of mind. What Zhang Juzheng absorbed more from the school of mind was one kind of brave attitude to being a official. Moreover, Zhang Juzheng had the unique opinion. He integrated"practical"and"the training"into the concept which had fundamentally different from NieBao's theory. Therefore, Zhang Juzheng had not fallen to nihilism. Zhang asked for leaving returning to home in JiaJing33th, and was rehabilitated in Jiajing 39th. These six years in home's life, enabled Zhang Juzheng to take practical and the training, He began to criticize the defects of the academic. However, with accessing to political power centers, ZhangJuzheng became a political ruler, his academic attitude was more the point of view of political rule. Wang Shouren;s co-presiding over sacrificial rites at Confucian Temple was a typical example.School of mind had three kind of changing after Wang Shouren dead, the first kind was naturalism, leading academic burst from the basic norms of Confucianism. Second, the revival of the spirit of Shi Dao, which easily made scholars to carry on the challenge and the critique to the official ideology; Third, crazy variant behavior's liveliness, which caused the criticism thought transforms as each kind of realistic motion. The academic spirit of WangShouren's disciples was in conflict with Zhang Juzheng's reform idea. Thus, Zhang carried out reform. on academic circle, Zhang inducted the official ideology of Neo-Confucianism which control scholars'thoughts easily. "DuoQing" was an important turning point ,which causd ZhangJuzheng's reform measures become radical.
Keywords/Search Tags:Transformation of the Neo-Confucianism, School of Mind, Zhang Juzheng
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