Liu Zongzhou "sincerity" Analysis Of The Moralists

Liu Zongzhou is a profound scholar in the end of Ming dynasty, "studying at junction of the extinction, the line and fords the boundary in change", he collects the various class, and makes system, raises the clear sincerity, establishes foundation of the moral theory. His theory still also was a result for far receives. From the historical origin of the sincerity moral outlook. The sincerity thought starts from the primitive worship to having the honest Germany's idea, by the way of the development of kong zi and Meng zi and xun zi ,"zhongyong" and "daxue" causes it to be further system and perfect, from Zhou Dunyi take "honestly as the basis" then Cheng Zhu take honestly as the deciding sector; they all manifest inheritance and rich to honestly; from Kong Zi's "wuyi" to "yi itself" of getting "yi" forgetting elephant, and "understands one another with no need for words" in wei jin ; from Zhu Xi and Yang ming's "yi, which is the heart sends" to Wang Dong and wang shi huai's "yi is the control of the heart", they also all pass meaningful and divided, but this is precisely the sincerity thought leaves the precious wealth for posterity. Liu Zongzhou sincerity view continues to study and discuss in this foundation.Liu Zongzhou entrusted "yi": "yi" is the save for the heart; "yi" approaches for the heart; "yi" control for heart. Liu zongzhou's "yi" also has the moral righteousness characteristic: It is the highest moral main body in the shape, it has the ultimate good moral character, It has manifested the "zhongdao" view of Confucianism highest ideal, it has contained the moral boundary which the people pursue generally. Then which can love good and hate evil meaning of the moral candid ultimate good to return to original state, can realize the Confucians middle course ideal and achieve the highest boundary is only honest, honest its "yi", "yi" is the sincerity theory basic category, the sincerity is "yi"s realization free time. This then is the connection of "yi" and the sincerity.Achieved ultimate good Pure Brightness the sage boundary of "yi" is the virtuous supreme pursue the ancient who want to Cheng Sheng cheng xian, the excellent both in moral character and in governing then becomes the way that must be taken. In the saint perfect virtue is the tutelage method, which Liu Zongzhou takes extremely. Autonomy perfect virtue, "yi"'s moral main body righteousness promotion, to "yi"'s control righteousness allocation, to "yi"'s ultimate good natural disposition explanation, All had proven Zong Zhou displayed manner of the human autonomy natural disposition the acme; The will is the manner, Zong Zhou awakens the will of the people with sincerity, requests the people establish independently steps the loyal filial piety festival righteousness the will steadfastly, single-mindedly. The good faith for this, Zong Zhou examines docks and "yi" to the "yi" character in the friendly ultra narration, foundate the associates psychology of contact and the society the human returns honestly to the good faith comes up logically. At the same time, Zong Zhou doesn't neglect outward moral practice free time, by governing the idea which has real and absurd, has birth and die, through clear reforms to human's mistake fulfills, through study and the enlightenment later, might all internalize moral in the heart. Zong Zhou also combines sincerity and control. The goal is to realize the one of the disposition and the main body and the free time.Liu Zongzhou studies stems from Chen Baisha, zhan ruoshui department. from transits the discipline in the origin, Its thought traces to the origin Chengzhu but have the difference; improves Yang ming, but it sets up the system in addition; listens to Yu Xufuan, but it studies non-Xu to be able the scope, therefore zong zhou established his own theory system in develops the good and discard the bad revises the various Confucian scholars of the past in the knowledge objective, In this theory system, it also reveals many reasonable factors and the insufficiency. His thinking mode of the one of natural and human, the method that we know the main body through the free time, raises main body consciousness, the life and death are the common matter have important value. There before his ruling of the country depends on moral, rigid in both moral character and in governing fetters, persists in pestering to Ying ming conscience. However facing the Zhu Ming political power and Neo-Confucianism value crisis, Zong Zhou still lingered in collects the real world will of the people in as pure as driven snow rational temple, believed the morals might save the nation, this has no alternative but to say is one kind of historical backing, even though how will the sincerity wield sprinkles the round and firm perfectly, but all will appear inopportunely. But these all bring the profound enlightenment: Humanity and natural harmonious unification, self-tutelage and self-value union, independent consciousness and self-confident, good faith and harmonious society and so on.