To The Theory Of Human Nature, From The Saint And Emperor

This paper mainly deals with the development of Confucianism theory about the great learning (Da Xue).The Confucianism classical texts do great benefit to the change from Confucianism to new- Confucianism. For a new definition to these classical ;exts, a new doctrine is expounded. The great learning is one of these classical texts.In the pre - Chin - dynasty time, the great learning summarized the ineory of Confucianism, it clarifies the political theory of Nei sheng Wai wang. From the wei- dynasty and jin - dynasty, being promoted by the Buddhism and Taoism, the Confucianism begins to make its theory on Xin Xing and Dao Tong: and its scholars begin to edit the text of the great learning, and give new definition to it. Han- yu, Li - ao, Cheng - hao and Cheng - yi are the famous ones of these schnlarf. Through the effort of many Confucianism scholars, the great learning is regarded as the text expounding the Confucianism theory on Xin Xing. This course begins with Han- yu, and is ended by Zhu - xi, Zhu - xi' s books on the great learning signed the completion of this course.While this course, Zhu- xi complete his books on the Confucian analects (lun yu), the works of mencius (meng zi), the doctrine of the mean (zhong yong) , and they four are called the four books, the combination of four books and they becoming the new classical text instead of the Five Class (Wu Jing), signs the new - Confucianism accomplish its theory.