A Study Of Zhu Xi 's View Of Sage

A saint is the highest target and the final ideality of Confucians’ cultivation of personality, ‘Begin as a scholar, finally as a saint’, becoming a saint is the pursuit of the Confucian scholars for thousands of years. Other way, a history of academic is a period of investigation of saint problems and the continually seeking for being a saint. Under the completely new historical and ideological background, with the great courage of ‘Keeping heart for the world, Keeping life for masses, Carrying forward lost knowledge for being a saint, Breaking through peace for generations.’ Jurisprudences of Song and Ming dynasty seeking, taking action and transferring Neo-Confucianism, they enrich and deepen the saint viewpoint of Confucians.Zhu Xi(1130-1200) is successful paradigm of Song philosophy and one of excellent ideologist in ancient times. Qian Mu said:’In china’s history, Confucius as a old ancestor, Zhuzi as a latter ancestor, they both leave great effect on academic thought and cultural history of China. They had never been approached and they won’t be approached again.’Such great achievements and effect of Zhu Xi is greatly related to his saint idea. He said:‘Being a saint is the final goal, if our ability cannot reach this level, we can’t being a saint’. He adores the former saints, he regards being a saint as the highest aspiration and learning purpose all his life, based on saint view of Confucius and Mencius, combined his own experience and sensibility, he refines and deepens the saint view and form a unique saint view.Saint view plays an important role in Zhu Xi’s academic ideal. Studying of Zhu Xi’s saint view can help us understand his jurisprudences and his pursue of personality. Comparing with Lu Jiu Yuan’s saint view also can help us realize the similarities and differences between Zhu Xi and Lu Jiu Yuan.