A Comparative Study Of Destiny View "Book Of Songs" And Confucius

The Theory of Heaven and Destiny is an important part of Confucius ’ thought, his wholethought had been expanded around the Theory of Heaven and Destiny, and Confucius"benevolence" is the core and essence of the Theory of Heaven and Destiny. So, if you want toclarify the Confucian "benevolence" thought and ancient cultures of origin, to reveal the earlyfoundations of Confucian，you have to be to the Theory of Heaven and Destiny of the point ofview of Confucius.Confucius’ the Theory of Heaven and Destiny not only derived from the profound historicaland cultural, but also had a very close link with the era of Confucius itself and its own lifeexperience and personality endowment."Book entry form":"Harcourt Road zun life ghostworship things and well……Shang God, the rate of people to things of God first and then ghostceremony……Zhou Shi Zun-li Shang,spirits and well done……."Evolution path can be seenfrom the changes of the Theory of Heaven and Destiny in the Xia-Shang-Zhou Dynasties. Onthis basis, Confucius transformed Theory of Heaven and Destiny of Shang Dynasty from a mainpoint of view. Confucius had more awe and rational., less obsession and fanaticismon in theattitude of the heaven. In addition, Confucius better appreciated the suffering of the human,because of the turbulent reality of the Spring and Autumn Period and rough experience. Based onthis, Confucius found the concept of equality and he was more concerned about the value ofindividual.Therefore，Confucius promoted greatly the Theory of Heaven and Destiny in thesecular direction. Based on this, Confucius proposed the idea of benevolence,and it was fullyreflected in the Book of Songs.As everyone knows，The Book of Songs "reflect the specific politics, economy, culture andideology in the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn, it showed the social andmental outlook of the Chinese nation in ancient times. The Theory of Heaven and Destiny in theBook of Songs, which inherited the thery in Shang Dynasty that the destiny was controlled by the mind of the God and guided the ideology including the doctrine of goodness by Confucius.Especially in the aspect of the change and evolution about " Heaven ",it not only clarified theconcept of the Theory of Heaven and Destiny in the Book of Songs and found out the Confuciantheory of inheritance and development of the overall context,but also found Confucius"humanitarian" path of formation, evolution and development.