| Lai Zhide, as a famous scholar in the Ming dynasty Bashu area,his academic achievements are very abundant. His special contribution Includes Philosophy of the Yi Learning,Chinese Philosophy in Song and Ming,?Literature and many other fields.Lai Zhide was born in Sichuan Liangshan(now Chongqing province Liangping county), his ancestors lived in Xiaoshan of Yue area, then migrated to Macheng of Chu area,and finally settled down at the end of the Yuan dynasty.Lai Zhide have been affected by Confucianism since his childhood and made an ambition of becoming a sage. After four times’ failures in imperial examinations, he determined to seclusion,with great concentration of learning. As the famous Confucianism in Bashu area,although Lai Zhide never be an official,he had a good name, many scholars at that time forged deep friendships with him, and the communication with these friends also promoted Lai Zhide’s academic achievements continuely.Lai Zhide’s idea about studying reflects many aspects,such as his personality forming, the thinking and understanding in the process of reading and studying.?He always sticks to keep the opinion that willing to study Confucius is sure to be learned,but it is difficult to become an aristocracy.He also criticizes the phenomenon that the scholars under the imperial examination system payed much attention to the reputation, and he always shows the saint feelings of being indifferent to fame and wealth.He concerns on exerting the effects of the Confucius’ knowledge in the process of practice. Lai Zhide also puts forward the opinions “the importance of reading is to know keypoints of the bookâ€, emphasizes on individual understanding, thinks that "feeling the meaning of Dao as a result of enlightenment". He attaches great importance to environment influence on people, so makes a plaint "customs can change people, even sages are unavoidable".Lai Zhide’s comments about the historical figures concentrates the reflection of his conception of history, it is of great significance. He through establishing model, so as to carry forward the Confucian traditional values.He chose the representative emperors in the history and makes some contrasts between them, in the process of thelongitudinal comparison, always pays attention to grasp the objectivity of the character analysis.His analysis about the personal abilities of historical figures reflects the truth that ethics is a precondition for people to play.Lai Zhide’s view of living and death, is not only the starting point of Confucianism, but also the basis of the realization of the world.He explains the phenomenon of living and death by the Philosophy in Song and Ming.He thinks the phenomenon of life and death depends on gas accumulation and dispersion,everybody’s riches and honor,life and death are fatal.Lai Zhide’s realization of ghosts and gods is relatively rational,he not only reveals the invalidation of the concepts about ghosts and gods, but also pays much attentions to the important role of the traditional funeral rituals played in society.In the process of his exploring the eternal value of life,he gradually realizes that life is limited,it is of importance to understand what is the truth of the Dao, people’s moral properties to achieve the life of immortality,while people’s moral properties to achieve the life of immortality.Lai Zhide likes odes and drinking, throughout the poetry and prose in his whole life, including a large number of composition destined with wine, and formed its own unique type of drinking poetry. His drinking poetry creation background mainly has two kinds: one is drinking with friends, letters or write poems on the spur of the moment, another is putting his feelings into the landscape, good wine matches the beautiful scenery,then he makes an poem.His poetry creation features include these followings:firstly,using proverbs and allusions generally.secondly,expressing his feeling through drinking.Lai Zhide has a profound insights about how to drink and then form a set of reasonable drinking system. |