The Diao Package Thought

The period of Ming_Qing dynasties was a times of tremendous changes. It was undoubted that turbulent times and severe social crisis stimulated deep introspections to science on the basis of reality, therefore, the trend of thought about comment and summary of Neo_Confucianism appeared, which strived to rectify the shallow malpractice of the lowest social class of the school of Wang Yangming, and criticized the holly style of study, which merely valued the thing_it_itself, but not took the work seriouslly, and stressed accomplishing body and conserved temper in 'studying and acting'and 'tramping'. It initiated the trend of realism of ChuHsi, giving up the emptiness of material world and goes in for the real tearing, and advocating the concrete evidence, and paying attention to managing affairs. Neo_Confucianism took on the new diversities.DiaoBao(1603₁669), was an important representative between the Ming_Qing dynasties. This thesis emphatically introduces the philosophical thought of DiaoBao, consisting of Ontology, Theory of Human Nature, Moral cultivation and Theory of knowledge, and tries hard to reveal his realism under the spirit of the times. It properly appraises his theoretial contribution in Chinese ideologial history as well as his status he ought to have.There are three sections in this thesis: turbulent times and active thought, brief introduces of all his life and textual research of his works, the inheritance and expanse on some importante propositions of new_confucianism. This thesis strives to systematically expounds his inheritance and expanse to major proposition of Neo_Confucianism under the effect of the trend of realism under the social background of the period of the Ming_Qing dyansties. Thereby, the ideological sequence and ideas can be comprehensively grasped.His thought, tending to the school of Cheng brothers and ChuHsi generally, had the characteristic of dealing with concrect matters and spesking to obtain function. It reflected a certain trait of the trend of realism between the Ming_Qing dynasties, and tallied with the spirit of the times.