A Study Of Laozitian's Discourse System

Laozi was a famous philosopher in the Spring and Autum period.As the founder of Taoism,he expounded his unique views on the book of Laozi,which laid a foundation for the development of Taoism.Tao,heaven,land and humanity were the four core elements of his thoughts.The so-called theory of heaven,that is,with heaven as the core,discusses its concept and spirits related to "heaven".The theory of Heaven is the inheritance and reconstruction of the concept of "heaven" in the previous era,which enriches and concretizes the image of "heaven".The discourse system of heaven shows the duality of Laozi’s philosophy and literature,which has a unique meaning.Therefore,on the basis of the comprehensive use of philology,history,culturology and other methods,it is necessary to go deep into the text of Laozi and explain the discourse system of Heaven from his all thought.The first chapter mainly traces the evolution of the concept of heaven in the preLaozi era.Before the time of Laozi,the concept of Heaven experienced a long process of evolution.The primitive period had the god worship,"heaven" is a natural phenomenon.In the Western-Zhou dynasty,the "heaven" not only had its own naturality,but also had the connotation of god.The theory of "heaven" from Laozi breaks through the past divinity and sorcery,and inherits the nature of heaven in the pre-Laozi era.The second chapter discusses the discourse contents of the theory of Heaven in Laozi.The discourse system of the Heaven is the combination of the Tao,the naturality of heaven and the operating rules of heaven.In his opinion,"Heaven" not only appeared in the form of "heaven" alone,but also made a systematic explanation for the origin of "heaven",suggesting that "heaven" came from "Tao",which means rules,and that Tao was ineffable.On the basis of the original Tao,the Heaven also has its own operating rules,namely the Tao of Heaven.The operating rules of Heaven are the inheritance and development of the original Tao,which has the characteristics of illusory and undisputable.And it is advocate person to retire after winning merits and have an soft attitude to life.The third chapter discusses the way of creation and techniques of performance of the discourse system of heaven.Laozi once served as a historian and had profound literary accomplishment.When he constructed his discourse system of Heaven theory,he was very logical,and each chapter had a clear central sentence.Before the central sentence,the conjunction words are often used to make the central idea of the article easier to grasp.He is also good at using metaphor,personification,analogy and other techniques to materialize the abstract heaven and Tao,which makes the article more interesting.The fourth chapter mainly analyzes the uniqueness of the discourse system of heaven and its literary value.Compared with the contemporary inheritance and development of the doctrine of God in the western-Zhou dynasty,the "heaven" of Laozi is the backtracking of the natural phenomenon before the Zhou dynasty.The theory of "heaven is gas" has also been developed by later generations.In addition,the discourse system of heaven also has literary value.It has a certain influence on the characterization in literary works and the formation of some literary theories,and his original words and means of expressions are often absorbed into others works.