The Yongzheng Emperor’s Thought And Practice Of Confucianism And Buddhism

The Yongzheng Emperor was living in politics and economy of the booming rise period in Qing dynasty. And Yongzheng era played a link between Kangxi era and Qianlong era, which is Chinese feudal history the last booming time. But if from the cultural perspective, obviously and so prosperous conflicted with the political and economy atmosphere, and even completely opposite. In Chinese ancient history, the prosperity of the united dynasty stage, often is the culture of mediocrity, and Yongzheng era also seems to be the same can’t get away from this "destiny".The Yongzheng Emperor was full of conceit, demanding work, and micromanager. So In his ruling, the period of the cultural intervention for him is various, this intervention is not only for major policy, but the miniature, and even some is exceptional. In Yongzheng era, the Qing dynasty had ruled China for over eighty years, so it was low possibility of subversion by force. But in the context of Confucian, the idea of "Han-chinese and other minorities are different", became the biggest challenges to Manchuria rulers of rationality."Overturn Qing dynasty and reinstate Ming dynasty"became the rulers of the Qing dynasty die-hard shadows, also was an unable passing "ridge",in Yongzheng Emperor strengthen their own rule process. The folk of all kinds of rebound, for more and more severe only to a prisoner of culture, and official ideology pervasive to instill。About Confucianism:First of all, Yongzheng Emperor "respect Confucius and Confucianism". Make "respect Confucius and Confucianism" in the official form at an all-time high specifications. Second, he advocated "mingjiao", and set his father Kangxi Emperor and himself as a good example for loyalty, filialness, benevolence and righteousness. Third, he used the high pressure means such as the literary inquisition, suppressed cultural dissidents to consolidate political rule.About Buddhism, Yongzheng Emperor was very interested in it. He had a direct intervention in the internal affairs of Buddhism. He wanted to zen also into his rule’s thoughts system. In addition to building temples and printing the Tripitaka, he also directly to writing books on the subject to trumpet his own Buddhist ideas. In an academic for reason, he intervened Zen internal debates and purged all the factors which unfavorable to their own rule of Zen. As the result of his actions, zen became more decline.In short, the Yongzheng Emperor because of his special status and in the habit of doing everything himself, makes himself in the process of the make cultural environment, had the meaning of indexes. As one of the most centralized emperors in history, He became the most prominent academic star in his reign. He put the personal characteristics of amplification to become the characteristic of that era, And affected thought and life of people who lived at that time and later. So, if we know the thoughts of Yongzheng Emperor, we can understand the cultural features of that era, and this series of cultural characteristics have an important role to play in history.