New Interpretation Of Li Zhi’s Freedom Thought

After the middle of the Ming Dynasty.the subjectivity advocated by Wang Yangming’s Concept of Conscience was recognized by the philosophers at that time,and the concern for people gradually increased,So that the later Wang Yangming’s Concept of Conscience began to change to heresy.Li Zhi is a representative of heresy.Li Zhi put forward his idea of freedom from the perspective of "Theory of the Childlike Heart".It is become response to the high subjectivity.Although Li Zhi did not explicitly propose the word about freedom.But his argument is already full of freedom.This mainly focuses on four issues about self-adaptive,self-supportive,self-initiative,self-government.Professor Xie Xiaodong believes that Li Zhi’s freedom is the freedom of fantasy.Emphasize its lack of explanation of legal importance and neglect of market economy.However,looking back at Li Zhi’s freedom thought.We will find that Li Zhi’s freedom originates from and belongs to society and there is no lack of descriptions of laws and free economy.Li Zhi emphasized self-adaptive.This is mainly based on a discussion of "privacy".Starting from the most practical daily routine,and then rising to the discussion of selfish desires.Finally,the desire of thousands of people was fulfilled,and the traditional idea of "respecting public interests and suppressing private interests" was refuted with a logical structure from small to large.Li Zhi emphasized self-supportive.This is mainly based on its description of "profit".Li Zhi was born in the middle of the Ming Dynasty with the budding of capitalism,His family has a strong Islamic atmosphere.All these provide a theoretical source for Li Zhi’s idea of forming a "profit".Wealth and dignity are what everyone wants is basis,"Yao and Shun and passers-by one,sage and mortal one" is perfection of theory,"Free competition in the world" is purpose of the theory.From the most basic free pursuit of profit to the free competition in the market economy,we can find the freedom to Li Zhi is not utopian liberalism.Li Zhi emphasized self-initiative,It is difference about not self-initiative in ancient China.This became a foreshadowing to Li Zhi about arresting and jailing.Li Zhi’s great courage to draw the blade towards his body of a rare year is a personal practice of his free thought.Supporting Li Zhi’s behavior is his understanding of "emotion".The position of "emotion" in the entire history of thought was very unbearable,until Li Zhi was able to re-name it."Nature law is broned on emotion and stoped on ceremony" is basic.And then elaborated "the cloud from the dragon,thewind from the tiger,the return Phoenix courtship’s free love",seek friends freely,compliance talk.Li Zhi has been an official for many years,and his administrative measures also contain free thoughts.Specifically reflected in the word about "self-government"." People-oriented" is way," Assess people" is method,"Practical application" and " Rule the people and oneself by law" are goals.Li Zhi’s theory about Taoism "doing nothing but doing everything" is reflect in politics.Although Li Zhi didn’t clearly put forward freedom about a word of modern significance.But we also can fing the reflect about freedom in self-adaptive,self-supportive,self-initiative,self-government.