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The Exploring On The Kingcraft Thought Of The Mencius

Posted on:2016-09-30Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X Y DuanFull Text:PDF
GTID:2296330482964044Subject:Political Theory
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During the warring states period, seven male domination, war disputes, is an all-round social transformation in Chinese history of turbulent times. Its social consciousness also shows a tendency of schools of thought contend, factions thinker is active in the political arena. Mencius "king" because sometimes, it’s produce, both its times background, also has its ideological origin and theoretical basis.Mencius in the turbulent times of social transformation. He in the Confucius "benevolence" as the core of theory basis, Inherited the thought of Confucius, and with their moral development, political struggle and the prosperity of academic culture as the background, Relying on the basis of theory of goodness of heart, this paper expounds the "benevolence" as the core of the idea of "king", in order to realize the Confucian "by the state, or country, sequence, heirs" ambitions.Mencius think the heart good. Goodness, so-called means everyone has a mind which cannot bear to see the sufferings of others. "To the heart of the people" is when someone is in danger of compassion and empathy. Who gives birth to this point, "a sense of shame", "the heart of honor", "sense of right and wrong". This righteousness and propriety of the Tudor is something people have innate knowledge and ability instinct, starting from this, national implementation of benevolent governance is the common basis of human nature. To explore the Tudor monarchy to monarch himself "to the heart of the people" push "to people of administration" is "benevolent governance". Monarch to implement the allegiance of "benevolent governance" will be able to get all the nations, to achieve "king" and ", then, unified the world.Implementation of "benevolent governance" and "king" become a ruling concepts of mencius. "Mencius, Liang Huiwang on" article, referred to "king" for the first time. Mencius’ s idea of "king", although the set up on the basis of human goodness, but the specific building is more in accordance with the first in the ancient king. First the king thought is not only the foundation of the ideas of mencius "king" to construct, and mencius method and approach of the doctrine of his argument. The further development of "king" is the first Wang Zhidao and summarized.Mencius thought "king" started in the people for life, not dissatisfied, died and was buried, is by moral force to unify all the "king". "King" is a core of the rule of "benevolent governance", everything is hard for the people’s life stability, including people in dehua, statue of xian enabled, people-based thought. Among them, the people-based thought also contains the noticeable realistism system of "people", "taxes" and "light penalty and relief for the poor" and other specific aspects. And mencius think it can be implemented benevolent governance monarch, can be near to favor implementing, heaven to achieve stability.Mencius hope to be able to put the "king" as a contemporary of the principles of governing the country, to build its political utopia envisioned, this formed the "king" of ideal political paradigm. Mencius ideal paradigm is king of the three system hope that through the method of first introduce the monarch king built his political ideal, he told the governors propaganda ancient monarch of the essence of which is hoped to reality does not conform to the idea of "king" of monarchs, be in line with the Confucian idea of "benevolent governance" political saint of moral theory, through these princes finally realize the "king" in the world.
Keywords/Search Tags:Mencius, Human nature, the Kingcraft Thought, to Respect Talent and Make Use of Ability, People-based
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