Title: Hesitating between the Li-school and the Xin-school:A Characteristic of Chen Chun's Theory of Xin and Xing
Abstract: Chen Chun was the first scholar to disseminate Zhu Xi's philosophical thoughts developed in northern Fujian in southern Fujian.On the basis of his understanding of human nature,he proposed and defined the concepts of Xing(approx.nature),Ming(approx.fate),Dao(approx.way) and Li(approx.rationality) in answer to the philosophical question of why are human beings human beings? He regarded Li in the mind as the master of the mind,and Weifa(approx.not yet developed) as motivation which seeks for the basis of moral awareness from nature.These conceptualizations resulted from inheriting the traditional ideas of the Li-school.Chen argued that Li was both the basis of the mind and the mastery of rationality by the mind.This contradiction,however,reveals his hesitation between the Li-school and the Xin-school.He expounded on the reasonability and universality of Qing(approx.emotion),associating Qing with the gods of Yin and Yang and giving Qing a natural and reasonable property.This conceptualization,however,resembles the Xin-school.
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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