On The Relationship Between Minjiao And Ziran Of The Metaphysical School In The Wei And Jin Periods

At the end of Han dynasty and the beginning of the Three-kingdom Period, Confucianism tended to decline. The direct effect of declination of classics is the declination of the Confucianism and the wane of its social function.In Wei and Jin Period, Metaphysical school, which is the fusion of Confucianism and Taoism under the special social condition of this period, was very popular. The relationship between logicians' school and the nature is the theme of Metaphysical school, which centers on the relationship between people and Heaven. In the course of Metaphysical school's regulating the thinking relationship between of logicians and Heaven, Confucianism gradually took on the features of Metaphysical school. The fusion of Confucianism and Taoism began to take shape in the classic philosophy. With the presentation of He Yan and Wang Bi's theory of "cherishing the empty and void", Classical doctrine of Confucianism was gradually reformed by Metaphysics and Confucianism has got a thick tune of Metaphysical school.When the thought of "follow the nature" became more popular, Confucianism was greatly impacted on by Metaphysical school. Later, Pei Wei tried to purify Confucianism from Metaphysics, but, in vain.During the Period of West Jin, Xiang Xiu and Guo Xiang denied the theory of "cherishing the empty and void" in form, however, they furthered the fusion of Confucianism and Taoism by basing the principles of life, ideal personality on the "natural theory" of Taoism. And the course of Confucianism's Metaphysics-regulation was completed. The Metaphysicalized Confucianism is a very special and important stage of the development of Confucianism.This paper is made up of four parts:Part One is the introduction to the whole paperPart Two is about the early stage of the reformation of Confucianism' doctrines by Metaphysical schoolPart Three is the regulated and fused thought between Confucianism and Taoism represented by the Metaphysical schoolPart Four is the Conclusion...