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A Study Of Kang Youwei 's The Analects Of Confucius

Posted on:2017-05-15Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L J ZhuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2175330485466770Subject:Chinese philosophy
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" Interpretation of the Analects of Confucius", which is written by Youwei Kang is a special book in the Analects of Confucius Interpretation in the Qing Dynasty. It opened the door of the modern transformation of Confucianism. Kang revealed Kong’s sublime words with deep meaning through the reinterpretation of the "Analects of Confucius". We can clearly see that Kang found the profit and loss of traditional Confucianism in the Analects of Confucius, and he achieved the goal of restructuring the Confucian system.Modern China is a period which the temporal and spatial factors are intertwined. Qing Dynasty repeated defeat and the Chinese traditional Confucianism has also been questioned. on the one hand, a large number of scholars got rid of shackles of traditional "Yi Xia views", Learn the Western objects system in order to find a way to make china better. On the other hand, the Conservatives still strictly anti “Yi Xia views”. Kang faced so different value orientations and began classics of the Confucian tradition. He combined elements of Chinese and western, ancient and modern ideological of Confucianism system integration so that the Chinese nation of Confucianism retain the confidence.Kang combined “San shi theory” form “Gong yang xue” with the theory of evolution. He believed that history is liner. It is from the troubled times, and then to world peace and prosperity well-off, and finally to the peace Datong, that history is moving in this evolutionary development trajectory. All the three stages are gradual.
Keywords/Search Tags:“The Analects of Confucius", Reconstruction of Confucianism, Neo-Confucianism, Western, Gong yang Theory
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