Yang Jian's Interpretation About The Thought Of "Sageliness Within And Kingliness Without" On The Theory Of Heart-ology

In the process of Chinese culture's development, the thought of Confucianism played a very important role. " Da xue " is a classic masterpiece in early Confucianism which has a precise and integrated structure. It constructs a framework of cultivating self around its " three principles and eight items " , which also contains Confucianism' s ideology of " sageliness within and kingliness without" . Later on, the eight items has gained the interpretation and recommendation by the Confucians, such as Cheng Hao,Cheng Yi and Zhu Xi especially, and it had been the unique way for the Confucianism to " sageliness within and kingliness " without as well. As the dominant ideology at that time, its authority was almost unsuspecting. However, with rigorous attitude, Yang Jian put forward to the criticism to the " eight items " directly and thoroughly in terms of the heart- mind theory.In my opinion, the root cause of the difference just is the theory on Ben Ti what is different from Li-Confucianism and the theory of Mind. The first section expresses the theory of the Mind-noumenon that is the foundation of all the Yang Jian's theories and opinions. Then, in term of the " eight items " , the Yang's new opinions are expounded detailed on the foundation of the research of related materials and compared with related theories of other philosophy school, such as Cheng & Zhu's Li-Confucianism especially. It will be showed expectably the true meaning of the theory of Mind in the contrast.Yang applied the theory of the Mind not only to interpret the classic of the Confucianism but also to all the details of his life .Yang's theory reflects innovating spirit and the energy of thought in the Confucians of antiquity, and reflects the special inclusion,creativity and sustainability of Confucianism in addition.With the development of history, the thought has been perfected and renewed constantly. Benefit from the new interpretation and development of descended scholars of Confucianism, the classic books of the Confucianism are full of vitality. In fact, just because the. system of Confucianism has special inclusion,creativity and self-perfection ,it has not been got older or even vanished as other school of thought in the eternal running river of time. On the contrary, it keeps the pace of times and preserves the vigor of youth all the time.