Tu Zongying's Neo-Confucianism Thought And Political Practice

Although not a well-known figure in modern Chinese history,Tu Zongying has successively entered the scene of the Hunan,Huai-Jun and Diligent Governors in Jiangsu,Hunan,Guangxi,Henan and Hubei,leaving some traces in his history.In this paper,I will try my best to restore the historical image of Confucianism by considering its contents such as its theoretical thoughts and administration of government,and to investigate its political destiny and ruling vicissitude by examining its personal destiny.The first chapter is to explain the historical background and chronologically as the axis of time.It combines Tu Zongying's life experiences with the times,and examines the background of his family,the source of his ideas,the situation of regiment practice,and his personal destiny.The second chapter discusses the specific content of Tu Zongying's Neo-Confucianism,It mainly includes the understanding of the relationship between the rationalism and the moral,the unique insights of the Taoist people,the interpretation and supplement of the concept of Neo-Confucianism,with special attention to the comparison with Neo-Confucianism of Neo-Confucianism.In addition,this part also includes Tu Zongying's advocacy of neo-Confucianism,sticking to the concrete performance of Neo-Confucianism and briefly summarizing and analyzing his academic status and personality world in late Qing Dynasty.The third chapter discusses its governance practices after becoming a stateful official.The main contents are divided into three chapters:purging the officialdom,establishing education,attaching importance to people's livelihood,safeguarding public order,providing relief and relief,and prohibiting the six parts of opium.The Qing dynasty neo-Confucianism experienced two development peaks successively,while the philosophical prosperity of the same period.Under this background,Tu Zongying's Neo-Confucianism began to form and matured.Then he returned home for the group practice,after a period of practice,more and more feel the importance of Cheng Zhu Neo-Confucianism.After joining the government,his philosophical thoughts got more concrete display in the practice of administration.At that time,it seemed to be out of tune with the western atmosphere and the Westernization Movement.Tu Zongying's adherence to Neo-Confucianism is mainly reflected in the negative attitude towards the Westernization Movement,the exclusion of Buddhism and Taoism,and the self-cultivation of individuals.In addition,a series of initiatives to promote Neo-Confucianism have also been put in place,such as printing books,advocating etiquette,exhorting posterity,practicing banning customs and so on.In short,Tu Zongying's Neo-Confucianism basically followed the political views of Zeng Guofan et al.,But the overall bias was conservative.Late Qing special political environment,Tu Zongying career smooth sailing important reason.The article believes that Tu Zongying as a traditional local official is undoubtedly qualified,or even more than the average official.Although he did not devote himself energetically to the modernization activities during his tenure,he still lauded many places for his countrymen and citizens,and especially made contributions to the restoration of local economic production and the maintenance of social order.In addition,it is worth mentioning his content such as safeguarding national dignity and attaching importance to people-oriented human rights in the diplomatic relations between China and foreign countries.Vertical Tu Ying Zong's life,unqualified examinations for many times in youth,middle age onward migration,aged just frustrated meritorious deeds,it can be described as a late bloomer.Started by Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang under the curtain of the curtain,it eventually became a state-run big official.Although his political influence in the politics of the late Qing Dynasty was not strong and did not become the core figure of the Hunan and Huaiyao Group,from his series of political practice,he could conclude that if it is measured by the traditional standards,Most of the political initiatives have not been very innovative.They are basically based on the ideological concepts of practicing the traditional scholarship and the country's security.Although Tu Zongying's dominant tendencies for governing as an official are to safeguard the feudal rule,they have done many political achievements based on the interests of the people and based on the people and serving the people and should be affirmed.