On Huainanzi "moral Thought

The moral educational thoughts in Huai Nan Tzu have deep roots in its political thoughts. To large degrees, Huai Nan Tzu develops its moral educational thoughts on the basis of its rule of virtue and the cultivation of social ethics.The core of its moral educational thoughts is the theory of Man's nature. Theories of Man's nature of Confucian and Taoism co-exit in Huai Nan Tzu. Man's Innate Goodness gives grounds for advocate of the rule of virtue and the cultivation of social ethics.The rule of virtue is the succession of reflection that the rulers of Early Han Dynasty drew a lesson from the subversion of Qin Dynasty. It suggests the governance with combination of the rule of virtue and the rule of law with law as an assistant means to benevolence principles and the rule of moral cultivation as the highest priority.Huai Nan Tzu discusses Yi and Li from many aspects. Its moral principles focus on loyalty and filial piety. The approaches of moral educational can be generalized as implanting the principles into everybody's mind by spirit, learning social orders, emphasizing practical life and promoting moral development by physical improvementThe moral educational thoughts in Huai Nan Tzu reflect the mixed thoughts in Early Han Dynasty.