The Study On The Jing And Quan Thought Of Mencius

Mencius is one of the main representative of the Confucian ideology, his idea isone of the most important content of ancient Chinese philosophy. On the basis ofConfucius’ thought, Mencius has injected something new for the Confucianism andmade important breakthroughs. The thought of jing and quan is one of the importantpart of traditional ideas of Chinese philosophy, Mencius has a profound understandingof the thought of jing and quan.In the Warring States Period which Mencius lived,“Disintegration” is muchmore serious than the time of Confucius’, while the thought of Yang Zhu and Mociusfilled in the world, so Mencius was shouldering much more important responsibilitiesthan before. On the one hand, Mencius inherited Confucius’thought, to restore theorder of Zhou dynasty as his responsibility; on the other hand, Mencius rejected thethought of Yang Zhu and Mocius, inherited Confucianism and carried out. So, hedirectly addressed the need for “do the right things in certain situations”,the thoughtof jing and quan has infiltrated into all aspects of the theory of Mencius’ philosophy.The thought of jing and quan balanced jing and quan, quan is based on jing, jing showhow quan work，jing shows in a particular time and space. They both are relative toeach other, and in the same time，in the complementary. This complementaryrelationship, with its “temperament theory”and “zhong dao”thought, commence in aspecific course of practice.The theory of human nature is relatively distinctive in Mencius’ philosophy, aswell as the fundamental basis of the “zhong dao” thought. Mencius advocated peopleinherent wisdom and other virtues, the expansion while the charge can make togetherin the spirit of the “zhong dao” in practice, because the virtue of righteousness isMencius’ philosophy of the self to its moral essence, the “zhong dao”andrighteousness is as the same.This paper tries to complete Mencius’ thought of jing and quan with something that belongs to the living world, for as we known, Mencius’ thought of jing and quanwas thought of being full of something that is metaphysical, thus we could find thebalance point in Mencius’thought. Therefore, this paper analysizes Mencius’temperament theory and zhong dao, on the basis of this, and in a practical way,illuminates the standards and mode of “doing the right things in certain situations”,and find a way to practice “doing the right things in certain situations”, at themeantime, do the individual cultivates and manage state affairs with benevolence.Therefore, more comprehensive and detailed discussion of the Mencius’ thought ofjing and quan, this paper describes the meaning of Mencius thought of the thought ofjing and quan, indicating the importance of research on this idea.