A Study Of The Relationship Between Mind And Qi In Mencius' Theory

In this thesis I will discuss Mencius moral practice. Mencius’ monism "Goodness Theory of Human Nature" have been made as the starting point. And I treat good and evil as the core of this thesis."Human nature is good" is the basic point of Mencius philosophy,and it lead to a problem that "evil" from whence come. This problem involves Qi(ether). Because Qi is a constituted fundamental substance of human body. And human desire comes from human body. Secondly, the relationship between "Xin(heart, mind)" and "Qi" is essentially an interactive relationship.Who not only have a body’Qi" consisting of, but also with the heart that different from vivo Qi. Because of two qualities, conscience and rationality, of Xin, so people can have moral consciousness. Human beings complete the establishment of moral self through the "Xin" commander "Qi." In this thesis, I, on the one hand, pointed out that Mencius work on handling the relationship between "Xin" and’Qi", I, on the other hand, discussed Mencius is how to use the practice of "Zhi(will) commander Qi" and "accumulate Yi(morality) and cultivate Qi" to complete his practice theory.