The Differentiation And Transformation Of Huang-Lao Thought After The Middle Period Of The Western Han Dynasty

The Huang-Lao ideology which was born in the warring states period,has reached its zenith in the early western han dynasty,but in the implementation of the dong's new Confucianism for emperor wudi lose political mainstream.Undoubtedly,Huang-Lao thoughts which were widely accepted would not disappear in one night,It on the social life,cultural or political will also produce a more or less influence.With the change of the environment,it will change and development.Many scholars simply understand this period of Huang-Lao ideology as the situation of ideological and theoretical,it must be admitted that,Huang-Lao ideology during this period is the main tradition of the alchemist,the combination of Huang-Lao ideology and immortal thoughts and Huang-Lao Taoism during this period the development of one of the most significant features,but it is by no means Huang-Lao ideology in the development direction of stone-working after all.At the same time,many Confucian scholar have also been to the great influence of Huang-Lao ideology,they inherited the Taoist thought of broad-minded view of nature,in the era of lights,wind prevailing choose to have a simple funeral,They absorb and the development situation of natural philosophy universe ontology and vigour naturalism,contracted and rational thinking in philosophy of Huang-Lao to against the red false Confucianism theology,make be inherited and transformed the social critical thoughts of Huang-Lao ideology in Han dynasty played an important role,to say the situation happened to superstitious thinking and rational turn in two directions.Huang Lao thought to what happens to superstition theory of cultivation,reflect on it and the combination of the immortal thoughts: Lao tze's image from the oldest old apotheosis as gods gradually,in the eastern Han dynasty society become the object of worship,Social ethos prevalent,keeping in good health culture and cultivation methods and qualities of the longevity of Huang-Lao,off-dry the concept of preserve one's health and fusion complement each other,Annotation of "Lao zi" into more and more fairy to learn the contents of the full of philosophical methods of immortality,Taoist classics gradually transformed into theory,The taiping jing on the basis of Huang-Lao's naturalism and cultivation,set up early Taoist theory of cultivation,these are Huang-Lao thought and spirit thought fusion performance.Contributed to the confluence of reason,and Huang-Lao thought lost power and influence in the political arena,the group in the period of emperor Wudi of the expansion and the history of both ideological and theoretical level.Huang Lao thought what happened to the rational thought of social criticismthought transformation,embodied in the Confucian scholar on the inheritance and development of its natural philosophy,but also in the world in the situation,under the influence of Taoism to acting on social activity,to correct the luxuries false society.BoZang phenomena of the Han period,and Wang Chong,philosophic and others on the universe ontology and vigour of Huang-Lao's thought the inheritance and transformation,such as naturalism thought the situation became the thoughts of social criticism theory weapon of the eastern Han dynasty.These two kinds of transformation of Huang-Lao thought,has the same source theory,have in the opposite direction,the Huang-Lao thought there are both the theoretical framework of the objective idealism,and internal factors of rational materialism.To order theory,is of great significance to the establishment of the theoretical system of early Taoism.To rational criticism thought,liberation was the thought of Confucian imprison,promoted the confluence of Confucianism,also in "ontological" metaphysics in wei-jin period.