A Study On He Lin's Confucian Concept Of Personality

Western modernity preluded the great process of modernization of modern China,in which national salvation, national independent and national enlightenment are included. In this special period of modern Chinese history, on what kind of national character we needed and how to created such a national character, various theoretical arguments and theoretical results were provided, including the Confucian concept of personality proposed by He Lin.Combining the German classical philosophy, Spinoza, Neo-hegelianism, and Confucian philosophy, specially Lu Xiang san and Wang yang ming's "Xin xue" of Neo-Confucianism, He Lin founded the New Idealism. With an attempt to revive Confucianim and the New Idealism as the philosophical foundation, he founded the special Confucian concept of personality to meet the needs of the times by illustrating clearly confucians,confucian personality, confucian weather, free will, and the shaping of the confucian personality.With focus on China's modernization process and based on previous research, the thesis analyzes the background of the Confucian concept of personality, interprets its integrity, explors its metaphysical basis, approaches the shaping of the Confucian personality, and reveals the limitations and inspiration of Confucian concept of personality, with an attampt to further the Confucian concept of personality and expand He Lin's academic thought.The thesis is divided into five parts. The first chapter briefly introduced He Lin's life and academic thought; The second chapter discusses the background and origin of the Confucian concept of personality; The third chapter analyzed the integrity and characteristics of Confucians; The fourth chapter focuses on the shaping and destination of the confucian personality; The fifth chapter assesses the Confucian concept of personality. Among them,the third and fourth chapters deserve special attention and focus.