Benevolence And Heaven: An Interpretation Of Zhu Ren 's "Ren

Zhu Xi in "The theory of humanity" in the interpretation of the "love" and"principle of heaven" Internally between Confucianism "humanity" This idea made adifferent interpretation of Confucianism predecessor to "humanity" contributed to thedevelopment. Confucius mainly from love, filial piety, loyalty and forgiveness andother aspects of "humanity" made a series of demands, has become a fundamentalcriterion of all moral life in using "humanity" regulate the various acts of people,based on the benevolence of things typical representative; Mencius same is true insuccession on the basis of Confucius "humanity" further above the "humanity" inpolitics,"government by humanity" is his typical view; into the Han dynasty DongZhongshu the "humanity" as a "supremacy" manifestation, is "day heart", he "day "and " benevolence" cleverly combined the two to form his own "Heaven " realm. ZhuXi,"The theory of humanity" is that in the former for "humanity" insights based oninnovation."The theory of humanity" Zhu Xi mainly in the following areas to develop"humanity": First, talk from the heart of heaven and earth, and the days where peopleput, people and linked together by the people and the day has this " heart "to achievethe "humanity" of this character; second is from the people of the four virtues, theZhu of the day with a "supremacy","success","potentiality","perseverance" fourquality contact person body, and thus the performance of "humanity","righteousness","propriety","wisdom" of these four ethics, this is the "humanity" ofthese four popular; third is "humanity" and "honesty" is linked," honesty "determines whether a person is able to do," benevolence ", the two are inseparable,with " honesty " will have "humanity"; fourth is the" heart of virtue " and " love oftruth ", asked Zhu Xi when somebody want to be "humanity" he will learn to use the"body" and " use", the role of human "heart" play well in the human "heart " in therealm of accomplishment to achieve "humanity" to reach this realm. Zhu Xi for"humanity" innovations embodied in his "love" and "principle of heaven" aspect,"love" the idea, he was able to speak with "humanity", by nature, the interpretationof the situation to reflect the "humanity" is full of compassion, is a real "love" is aheart to love the stuff. In the "principle of heaven" in this regard, Zhu Xi of the"humanity" further abstraction, called it "truth" that "humanity" is the heart of heavenand earth and into the "truth" is a moral thing, it regulate people’s behavior, is themost fundamental human desire to control things.