Wang Chong’s Lunheng On The Remodeling Of Confucius Image

Lunheng is in the Eastern Han Dynasty, a brilliant, natural, social, political, involving philosophy, education, natural sciences and book reviews and other aspects of the work.They is the study of Wang Chong’s important historical data.In Lunheng, Wang Chong on Confucius attitude, has always been paid close attention to, also caused a lot of controversy. Divided into three kinds of Views:one is that he is a counter bore soldier, promote the legalist thought; two is that he is open up cutting hole, thorn Meng banner of the progressive thinker; three is that he is not a counter bore, but against the Han Confucianism Confucius deified. The recent popular third kinds of point of views, but from the first, second negative view toward the other extreme. I think, Wang Chong in the pointed out that Confucius is insufficient, also in favor of confucius.Wang Chong in the face of Confucianism Confucius deified, strongly shape to the mortal. At the same time, he also saw, Confucius in education, sex, life and other aspects of the positive role, and then draw, and with the aid of Confucius’s words and deeds, events as the argument. Thus in the on and created Confucius Saint image.Wang Chong to disease of false, honest for the purpose, and tried to find it, saying. Therefore, Wang Chong in shaping the Confucius image, has experienced from the hole, into the bore hole and sage, mortal, finally fixed as a sage Confucius image. Although the age of saints as defined herein, but Wang Chong to Confucius as Saint stop-motion, played an important role.This paper, mainly from the following aspects:to interpret the forum in the image of Confucius, and its evolution.The preface, narrative research of Confucius on the image of the status quo, analysis of misunderstanding. Summing up the success and failure, looking for a brand-new perspective, study on the image of Confucius, and its internal evolution. The text consists of three chapters, mainly in two or three chapters, each chapter of main research contents are as follows:The first chapter, study on before, Confucius image rheology. This chapter is divided into three parts, one is the spring and Autumn period, Confucius from the mortal to gentleman evolution;two is the Warring States period, Confucius from gentleman to Saint evolution; three is the Han Dynasty, Confucius from the saints to the evolution of man. Roughly sketched out on the before, Confucius from mortal to gentleman, to the saints, and finally to the rheology.The second chapter, study of Wang Chong in Lunheng, broken and plastic mortal confucius. This chapter discusses from two aspects:one is to break the Han Confucianism of Confucius deified, shaping the mortal Confucius; two is the blame Confucius thought defects, shaping the mortal confucius. Wang Chong to false. Sincere, pragmatic for the purpose of Confucianism of Confucius deified, barge, broken false legend of Confucius, Confucius image shaping. The second chapter according to the first chapter, Confucius from mortal to God paper, emphatically explains how Confucius’s shape as a mortal image.The third chapter, study of Wang Chong in the forum, abandon the mortal, tree sage confucius. This chapter from the direct and indirect two in shaping the Confucius as a saint’s image. At the same time, based on some ideas of Confucius’s inheritance, he not only on that Confucius is a mortal, is a saint. The sage is Wang Chong on Confucius image frames finally and recognition.In the conclusion part, reiterated that he created by mortal to sage Confucius shift, and is discussed in Lunheng, shaping the reason and significance of Confucius as a saint. Although, the era of Saint definitions vary, but Wang Chong to Confucius as Saint stop-motion, played a role, to modern correctly examine the image of Confucius, but also played a positive role in promoting. Of course, Wang Chong in the shaping of Confucius as a mortal, to the saints in the process, has its merit, also have some shortcomings. In the material civilization and spiritual civilization highly developed today, Wang Chong mold Confucius as a saint process, we also have many references, particularly towards Confucius image, there are many worthy of our attention.