Dai Zhen Critique Of Neo-confucianism

Dai-zhen's criticism of Neo-Confucianism, especially much of political and social harm of Neo-confucianism, can be attributed to his bumpy life experience which enabled him to have a clear awareness of dark politics and society , the deep country-governing spirit and unyielding character which both stimulated him to expose various harm of Neo-confucianism , straight criticized contemporary rulers and superior group abusing the means of Neo-confucianism. Dai-zhen's wrathful word of "kill people with Neo-confucianism" from practical aspect made his acedemic criticism of Neo-confucianism acting as ideology full of the sparkle of political and social criticism. In the meanwhile, his splendid Han theory achivement and peculiar academic route also spured him to reveal external and sprititual differences between Neo-confucianism and Confucianism, exposed approximate characteristics in thingking patten and objective. Based on his creative philosophical theory of "nature-certainty", Dai-zhen reputed cosmics considering principle as origin and essence, dual humanity theory , ethics despising emotion and desire, epistemology putting emphasis on practice than theory, accomplishment theory relying on himself . Accordingly, Dai-zhen built such theory as cosmics adovacating the changing of Qi, natural humanity theory considering the blood and mind as the humanity, ethics attaching importance to satisfaction of emotion and desire, epistemology thingking high of study and rationality. Although Dai-zhen' criticism of Neo-Confucianism never gained widespread understanding and praise, his recovery and developmentt of tuo fine traditions of three great thoughters in early Qing Dynasty, which had great importance in conforming to historical trend of the times. Besides, Dai-zhen' criticism aiso broke the quietness of Qian-Jia thought cicle, inherit and advocated trend of the ideological thought of "Qi"theory and "Realistics" in Ming-Qing Dynasty replacing the Neo-Confucianism in song-ming Dynasty, and created new thought of Qian-Jia period. Moreover, the two .models of "perceptual enlightmen" and intellectual enlightment" had great influence on later generations and modern times. However, Dai-zhen' critical means of making use of explanation of Mencius to express his own idea , aiso led itself to be flat to a certain extent.