| In modern times, the western academics paid more attention to the term "body". This makes "body" has become an important entry point for the contemporary academic research. The position of "body" in the philosophy became further highlighted. This trend has affected the study of Mencius. From the "body" point of view to research Mencius, Can yet be regarded as a new interpretation paradigm. Mencius distinguished the "dati(大体) and "xiaoti(小体)",,"dati(大体)" refers to the mind,"xiaoti(小体)" refers to the physical body. And the divide of body and mind has the theoretical background and practical reason. In order to resolve the divide of body and mind, according to Mencius, one efficient approach is to improve the cultivation of body-mind to weaken the oppose of body and mind, and "qi(气)" is a very important bridge of interchanged between body and mind. The improvement of body-mind cultivation is not limited in one’s own body, it also participates to the process of family management, national administration and world maintenance. The initial stage of improvement of body-mind cultivation is the perfection of individual, followed by the family nation and world management as its extension, and it would be ended up with the interchange with the universe, as the achievement of the transcendence of the body-mind. |
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