Evolution Of The Confucian Doctrine Of The Mean

The golden mean is one of the important thoughts of the Confucian, it was firstproposed by Confucius, the analects of Confucius, harmony also has:" Perfect is thevirtue which is according to the Constant Mean! Rare for a long time has been itspractice among the people." Confucius put the golden mean refers to the height ofthe "DE", in Confuciuss mind, the golden mean is a supreme virtue, after all this,through past dynasties Confucian scholars research, enrich and summarizeunceasingly, The golden mean thought became the unification of the Confucianethics and methodology, it has become the most important part of Confucianism.It is through the golden mean is the highest ethical standards in the Confucianand the methodology of the golden mean is the most common Confucian principlestwo aspects elaborated the important of The golden mean in Confucianism. Thenexplains the basic meaning of " The golden mean ", here is mainly represented byZhengxuan、Chengyi and Zhu xi in interpretation. Finally to "the doctrine of themean", Li Ao, zhu xi as the center to examine the meaning of the evolution of thegolden mean thought, explain the reason of choose the three people. In the Bodypart,the first to formulate the golden mean thought of Confucius, and summed upits governing principles and ideals, inherited the golden mean thought of Confucius,"the doctrine and the doctrine of the mean thought for ascension, and this increasecan be summarized as" extremely wise and the doctrine of the mean." The Secondpart elaborated Li Ao’s the golden mean thought. Because of the Han and tangdynasties the doctrine of the mean thought is focused on cosmology, namely theharmony of Yin and Yang, Li Ao’s cosmology is the doctrine of the mean thought fromthe Han and tang dynasties to the disposition theory turn key figures. Li Ao throughthis paper to "moderation" and Hanyus theory of inheritance in Li Ao the goldenmean thought. Finally discusses the golden mean thought of Zhu xi, Zhu xi throughthe interpretation of Confucian classics, interpretation, argumentation to thedoctrine of the mean refers to the height of the justice, the doctrine of the meanthought development reached its peak. The focus of this article is to explore the doctrine of the mean thought of Confucius by as a starting point, and then select thevery typical in the history of the doctrine, Li Ao and zhu xi to analyze emphatically, soas to more clearly illustrate the evolution of the doctrine of the mean thoughtprocess.