The Search And Analysis On Zhuzi's The Idea Of Keeping Respect

The idea of"Jing"was an attitude of awe and caution to"heaven"in China since ancient times. In ancient times there was the idea of"Jing", but the word of"Jing"originated from Zhou dynasty in the formal written records, It show that the capricious mandate of heaven. Through the transmission of Confucius and other Confucian sages, the idea of"Jing"not just an attitudes of awe to"heaven", but also become a cultivation with the art of respect. To the Song period, Mind Cultivation was more attention for everyone. So the idea of"Jing"was more attention for Neo-Confucian. Through the transmission of Chengyi and Chenghao to Daonan School and Huxiang School to Zhuzi, and Zhuzi made his own School. Following Chenghao and Chengyi, from Beisong dynasty to Nansong dynasty, the theory of art of respect was handed down along two lines: The one was the line advocating quiet from Yangshi through Luocongyan to Litong. This one was"realize no stirring". The other was the line advocating act from Huhong to Zhangshi. This one was"experience of stirring". Zhuzi evolved his theory of the art of respect, which epitomized the Confucian idealist philosophy. The idea of"Jing"was became a very important position. And Zhuzi defined"Jing"as the domination of the mind-heart and the root of all things. He interpreted"Jing"as awe. How did we manage to"Jing", It was"convergence","concentration", and"keeping serious". The ides of"Jing"was not isolated in Zhuzi's system of philosophy. It contacted with other philosophy category, such as"sincerity","concentration","harmonious". They constituted Zhuzi's theory of human nature cultivation. The main methods of Zhuzi's human nature cultivation were self-restraint with awe and improving learning with the extension of knowledge. On the relation of the art of respect and the extension of knowledge, Zhuzi had the statement that the extension of knowledge must depend on the art of respect.Zhuzi's theory of the art of respect not only had a vast and profound on the later ages, including his disciple and Contemporary schools, but also influenced to Korea and Japan. On the other word, Zhuzi's theory laid the foundation for their philosophy. And then it had historical and modern implication.On what has already been achieved by predecessors, the thesis advances some new statements as follows: the meaning of Zhuzi's"Jing"was awe and the cultivation efforts of"Jing"was"convergence","concentration","keeping serious"and all.