Studies On Happiness Views Of Ji Kang

The pursuit of happiness is a human ideal, what is the real happiness? What happiness is better for our healthy? This is the concern of many thinkers at all times and in all countries. Metaphysics in the Wei and Jin Dynasties Ji Kang advocate "harmony is the biggest happy", and pursue "happy from inside". From the way of life, ideal personality and style, this thesis embodies rich happiness views of Ji Kang.Ji Kang inherited the characteristic of Chuang-tzu’s flexible transcendence, which taken the human’s spiritual world as "inner", and the "honor","benefit" of "tired heart" as "exterior"."The person who owns the spiritual satisfaction is no need the material world, and the person who is unsatisfied with the inner spiritual world, is also avid for material world." Ji Kang upheld the view of happiness "inner spiritual satisfaction influenced the exterior material satisfaction." Ji Kang lastly pursuit the "the peak of happiness" step by step through the touch with the nature、communication with inner spiritual world and companions. Besides that, Ji Kang also adhered to the pursuit of personal freedom and ideal.Marco Aurelius, the Ji Kang’s view of happiness has similarities in some aspects. That is, they are both agree with the view that the happiness obtained from the sense of reasonable and abide by the harmonious life way. Besides that, they both adhered that the person should own a valuable life. But there is a little difference in their view, Marco Aurelius believed that the original nature of human being is virtuous, and he instructed and domesticated the evil forces constantly. But the Ji Kang uphold completely different view, he didn’t stand by side of the evil forces and made a obvious boundary with them. In the face of dead, they also have different attitudes. Marco Aurelius was long-suffering to the dead, however the Ji Kang was optimistic to the dead, who can calmly played with the piano, stepping towards the guillotine and never bend to the evil forces. In a word, Ji Kang showed his lofty integrity and sacrificed his life to realize his view of happiness "harmony with society is the peak of happiness" and "harmony with nature is immortalization".