Study On Mou Zong-san’s View Of Confucian Religion

For centuries, the Chinese thinkers developed a fierce controversy about whetherConfucianism is a religion or not. The answer and attitude of modern Confucians isparticularly noteworthy in deep study. As a representative figure of the secondgeneration of modern Neo-Confucianism, Mou put forward their own insights, not onlyopened the new vision of discussing whether Confucianism is a religion, but alsopointed out the new direction of the modern development of Confucianism. Therefore,since Mou had put forward Confucianism view of religious.it has aroused the academicattention and reflection, as an important starting point in the modern Neo-Confucianism.In this thesis Mou’s Confucian view of religion, regarded as the research topic,combines the academic thinking of the development process, selects the "heart body andthe body" for the center to examine the concept of the Mou’s Confucianism religiousformation.Especting to deepen the study of the the Mou’s Confucian view of religion。This paper expands Mou’s Confucian view of religion from three aspects. Itdiscusses the formation of the Mou’s Confucian view of religion in turn, and clarifieswhy Confucianism is religion and what religious it is. In the first chapter, the paperreviews the answer of the first generation of modern Confucian—Confucianism is not areligion.It discusses the formation and development of Mou’s answer and the Confucianview of religion. The second chapter clarifies why Confucianism is a religion. Thispaper argues that inorder to understand the Mou Confucianism religion, you must firstlyunderstand their view of religion. Mou’s view of religion has its own unique, first of all,he believes that religion is very common and special; Secondly, he also believes thatreligion must have the best track of daily living and guiding the way of spiritual life,responsibilities and roles; again, he held the view that religion can engage and reason onboth sides to contemplation. From the religious concept of starting, Mou argues thatConfucianism has religious speciality and Confucianism is not only a religion, butalso a "moral religion". The third chapter discusses Mou’s "moral religion" and point out that Mou’s theory depends on Kant’s philosophy,as Confucianism is the theoreticalbasis of the morality of religion。Last but not least,this Paper holds the view that Mou’s Confucian view of religionprovides new ideas for answering whether Confucianism is a religious issue, not only toa certain extent, to resolve the religious (or religious spirit Confucianism), thecontradiction of the religious systems, but also for the modern development ofConfucianism pointed a new direction or important revelation。...