Thesis On The Yin-yang School In The Huang-lao Silk Book

The idea of Yin and Yang is one of the most important theory of Huang-Lao Silk Book.The idea of Yin and Yang in Huang-Lao Silk Book comes from the Yin-Yang school in Pre-Qin.It's concrete reflects in that they use the idea of Yin-Yang school to reform the Dao of Lao tzu,and make it more sociality and more practical significance.Based on this,they put forward the theory of Yin-Yang Xing De.This paper intends to take Huang-Lao Silk Book and the theory of Yin-Yang school as a key point to observe and study.Mainly in the following three aspects:On the Chapter ?,The keystone of this part is the basic meaning of the idea of the Yin-Yang School and how to definite the Yin-Yang theory in the Huang-Lao Silk Book.The Yin-Yang School builds their theory on three sources which are the early Yin-Yang theory,early Five Elements theory and the Occult Arts,and they always conform to division of times and seasons,and make rules of this idea based on the four seasons,the eight position,twelve proportion and the Twenty-four solar terms.Zou Yan regards these as the rules of the Heaven and Earth.And the observe and study based on this feature,we can see,the early Yin-Yang school takes times and seasons as their keystone,follows the rules of Heaven and the solar terms,then deviates the faction which mainly talks about the respective of Heaven and Earth and following the rules of Heaven and Earth and the faction which represented by Zou Yan,and their main point is the transformation of the Five Powers.These factions of the Yin-Yang school all reflected in the history and make impact on the idea of Yin and Yang in the Huang-Lao Silk Book.On the Chapter ?,the idea of Yin and Yang in the Huang-Lao Silk Book is the main point.The idea of Yin and Yang in the Huang-Lao Silk Book has one principle through the whole story.Whether it is about the view of Heaven,or its political theory,there is always the observe and study of the Yin and Yang.In the Huang-Lao Silk Book,,Yin and Yang have been used to explain the Taoism,meanwhile,the characteristic of Qi of Yin and Yang and the transformation of Yin and Yang are used to elaborate the changes of the concrete things.In political theory,"everything must be clarified by Yin and Yang" is the guiding principle of Huang-Lao Silk Book.Everything has been separated in two stereotypes by Yin and Yang which are the stereotype of nature and the stereotype of social attributes.The most important development of the Huang-Lao Silk Book made on the Yin-Yang school is the theory of Yin-Yang Xing De.This theory builds up the rules of reward and punishment based on the times and seasons,and made a balance on the Xing and De,or in other words,Wen and Wu.From this point of view,Yin-Yang Xing De is a part of the rules of Heaven.On the Chapter?,there is some comparison between the idea of Yin-Yang in the Huang-Lao Silk Book and other Yin-Yang schools.This comparison can help us clarify the difference and connection between the idea of Yin and Yang in the Huang-Lao Silk Book and the Yin-Yang school which is represented by Zou Yan.As for Lv Shi Chun Qiu,Huai nan zi and other relative books,there is also a necessity to compared with.In these comparison,we can make sure the influence that Yin-yang school has made in history as well as Huang-Lao Silk Book and analysis its influence.In the concrete explain of Huang-Lao Silk Book,we can see the interact influence between Huang-Lao Silk Book and the Yin-Yang school.This can help us have a clear understanding on the theory and make a better comprehension on the theory of Yin-Yang in the Huang-Lao Silk Book.