| Neo-Confucianism, a rationalistic Confucian philosophical school that developed during the Song and Ming Dynasties, puts its profound influence on various fields, which underlay its position in the sphere of learning. Based on researching the development of the ideology, the paper approaches the cause of the Neo-Confucianism revival during Late-Qing Dynasty, and the inherent academic thinking of it, the theory of "essence" or "use", the discussion among the Cheng-Zhu-Lu-Wang 's doctrine, as well as the academic features of Neo-Confucianism.In general, development of any philosophy must keep consistence with political, economic, and culture system of certain times. The same is true with the Neo-Confucianism in Late-Qing Dynasty. It germinated in "Jia-Qing" "Duo-Guang" era, then bloomed in the "Xian-Feng" " Tong-Zhi" era. During that era, Confucianism, especially from Shan Xi, Hu Nan, An Hui, He Nan Province, aroused the academic atmosphere and made the trend of study spreading all the china.The Neo-Confucianism in Late-Qing Dynasty has the theory of "essence" or "use". The "essence" refers to the basic category of Neo-Confucianism. The "use" refers to apply the result of "essence" study and cogitate it by them-selves."Cheng-Zhu-Lu-Wang discussion" is an important part in the Neo-Confucianism in Late-Qing Dynasty. It is a typical academic conflict between the different theories, with the character of age. The discussion embodied the development law of philosophy: conflict-compromise.The controvertible of the Sinology and the Neo-Confucianism, is a particular academic phenomenon of Qing Dynasty. With the revival of Neo-Confucianism in Late-Qing Dynasty, Neo-Confucianism strike out and dominated the philosophy field. But in order to seek the true essence of Confucianism, and resolve the crisis of Confucianism, many scholars abandoned the hassle, and proposed the reconciliation of the two sides. They anticipated that the Confucianism should apply the comparatively scientific method of Sinology to the study of Neo-Confucianism, which advocated experiencing and practice.Under the distinct environment, the Neo-Confucianism in Late-Qing Dynasty clarified its particular characteristics: heritability, application, recorciliation. As for the heritability, Neo- Confucianism inherits the research method and material. Despite the absence of imagination and creation owing to the succession, Neo-Confucianism established its foundation. Application of Neo-Confucianism embodied the harmony between the theory and practice. Neo-Confucianism not only focuses on the basic morale and nature law, but also advocates people to obey and follow it, so became the tool of the authority. As to the reconciliation of "Neo-Confucianism", we can explore the development of the philosophy and also expose the effect of the compromise. Just because of the reconciliation, the Confucianism expands its study-field, and consolidates its position in the philosophy fields, and promote its academic significance. |
