A Study Of Heaven And Humanity In The Doctrine Of The Mean

The Doctrine of the Mean is one of the Confucian classics.If Confucianism represents the Chinese way of thinking,then The Doctrine of the Mean is the essence of this way of thinking.It connects the preceding and the following,and combines Buddhism and Taoism.Even today,it still retains the construction of the contemporary spiritual realm and the understanding of the subjective moral world.The article aims to interpret the text of The Doctrine of the Mean through the model of Heaven-Humanity and analyze its internal meaning in order to better connect with the contemporary.As far as heaven is concerned,The Doctrine of the Mean realizes the internal connection between nature,fate and sincerity through heaven,that is,the connection between destiny and nature,sincerity and nature,and sincerity and endurance.And starting from the destiny is the nature,the bluntness is the way,the cultivation is the teaching,indicating the driving force behind the destiny.As far as humanity is concerned,The Doctrine of the Mean mainly includes two aspects: inner sagelihood and outer kinglines: one is to summarize the specific ways of accumulating inner sagelihood from observing the Tao,cultivating the Tao,and keeping the Dao,and then realize self-cultivation through the San Dade.The second is to sort out the actual strategy of outer kinglines from politics based on the rule of man,the rule of virtue and the rule of etiquette,and then realize the rule of the country through the five Dadao and the Nine Classics.In addition,in The Doctrine of the Mean it seems that Heaven gives humanity guidance through metaphysical analysis,and humanity presents the laws of Heaven through practical application,Although there is a difference between heaven and humanity,there is also a layer of penetration.On the one hand,The Doctrine of the Mean through sincerity through heaven and humanity and provides the possibility of unity of heaven and humanity.On the other hand,The Doctrine of the Mean manifests the realm of heaven through the character cultivation of little man,gentleman and saint.Therefore,after analyzing heaven and humanity one by one,they should be connected to clarify the consistent direction between them.In short,The Doctrine of the Mean played an irreplaceable role in the formation of Confucianism and post-Confucianism.In the development of Confucianism,it was the link between Confucius and post-Confucianism.In addition,The Doctrine of the Mean is not only the medium of the three churches,but also the way of moral cultivation and social construction.It not only played a vital role in the integration and development of Confucianism,Buddhism,and Taoism,but also provided effective guidance for governing the country.