Mingqian Mid Studies Meng

Ming dynasty Confucian history classics, has long been considered as product of an era, is also less scholars attention, a field of study is weak. In terms of its branch Mencius,Mencius in Ming dynasty is not as good as han and tang dynasties, more than two song; In terms of current academic studies of Ming dynasty Mencius, is also very weak. Hantang Mencius’s study pays attention to xian, two song to reveal Meng Xue argumentation, Mencius’s textual criticism in qing dynasty, and argumentation. Mencius’s development in Ming dynasty, it is not only a study of the history of China Mencius an integral part of, but also from the Mencius argumentation to textual research Mencius critical period. Mencius’s study of Ming dynasty, though not formed relative to the mainstream ideology, but show a colorful situation:the early stage of the Ming Mencius mainly on two Song Cheng zhu neo-confucianism old traditional inheritance; Medium-term Mencius walked out of a new way has the characteristics of Ming dynasty, the academia sublation neo-confucianism; national broadcasting, In the late stage, rise up, Mencius textual research get rapid development. Achievements so remarkable Mencius in Ming dynasty, academia has not given enough attention. Proposed in this paper from the Angle of combining philology and academic history of comprehensive inspection Mencius before Ming dynasty, clarify Mencius before Ming dynasty in Chinese history.Mencius before Ming dynasty, this article is Ming hongwu first year (1368) as the ceiling, in wang yangming’s death eight years jiajing (1529) as the lower limit. During the study, this thesis use the theoretical knowledge such as history, philosophy method and historical observation and the method of combining macro and micro research this stage Mencius development conditions before Ming dynasty, to Ming dynasty before Mencius different periods of the development of representative Mencius scholars and their works of case analysis, and study its Mencius thoughts; Philology methods, finishing in the Ming dynasty "mencius" interpretation of literature, to the existing before the Ming dynasty "mencius" interpretation of literature as the main research object, makes every effort to macroscopic type, original research. At the same time, in the current research boom of China’s cultural history and academic thought, this paper for overall Mencius before Ming dynasty general situation and development of the comprehensive analysis and induction, hope to be able to more accurately and fully reveal the general situation of the study of Ming dynasty ago Mencius, contributing to "Ming dynasty ago Mencius’s study" a little poor power.This article is divided into five parts:The first part is introduction. Brief description selected topic reason and the significance, research scope and the status quo, train of thought and methods, highlight the value of this topic research papers.The second part is the early stage of the Ming Mencius’s study. This section in the early stage of the Ming Mencius as the research object, to Ming hongwu first year (1368) as the ceiling, on to his four years (1402) as the lower limit of the service. Mencius’s study during this period the overall situation is with two generations of neo-confucianism in song and yuan’s old tradition, lack of innovation. Scholars usually in the form of four Mencius for interpretation, the only belongs to the mold out of neo-confucianism mencius section to the."Mencius festival culture" is a associated with the integrity of sages and text associated with the emperor’s personal likes and dislikes. This chapter respectively discusses mencius section to the took shilu, reflect the absolute thought of the early stage of the Ming zhu yuanzhang and its relations with the philistines; Mencius section to the content and ideas, can help us to explore the early stage of the Ming state under the rule of Mencius development status.The third part is the Ming dynasty is given priority to with neo-confucianism Mencius’s study. This chapter Ming dynasty Mencius as the research object, based on his five years (1403) limit, jiajing in Ming dynasty wang yangming died eight years (1529) as the lower limit. Mencius part is given priority to with "neo-confucianism" study, specifically to represented by zhu xi in the song dynasty under the influence of the Confucian school Mencius’s study work. Neo-confucianism Mencius works within the scope of the number is more, a representative of the four books of the four books by zhu xi’s basically four chapters on the development, is a blend of the era of political consciousness, science doctrine and distinct characteristics, this chapter select it as the Ming dynasty neo-confucianism Mencius’s study under the influence of the pattern of representative works. From the four books, mencius variorum "took shilu, content, characteristic and Mencius thought three aspects set out, to the Ming dynasty Confucian elucidating the Mencius of neo-confucianism. The fourth part is the Ming dynasty is given priority to with wang yangming Mencius’s study. In the first place the cheng zhu school because of the lack of hostile questioning opponent in a debate and lose the ability of self development, inevitable to decline; At the same time, with the development of commodity economy, the growth of the social wealth, neo-confucianism "human" to save them, and the traditional moral concept and value concept of the dramatic conflicts, which makes the neo-confucianism is close to collapse. This kind of background, wang yangming scholar carries on the review and reflection, makes great changes have taken place in academic circles, academic has entered a new historical period of Ming dynasty. This chapter consists of two parts, respectively discussing the ZhanReShui, wang yangming, Chen xianzhang played three pundit, elucidating the Mencius’s mind.The fifth part is predominantly textology Mencius before Ming dynasty. The middle period of Ming dynasty, wang yangming mind gradually occupy the dominant position, wang yangming was prevalent. This period at the same time, wang yangming’s home with the retro movement of floating form a shallow, dissatisfaction with the ethos of scholars promote learning predecessors, another kind of style of study is formed:the wind of textual research. In such an academic background that Mencius textology development affected by large, in the early initiation, development is relatively slow, represented by Zhang Xuan; Mid Mencius textology get fast development, the number of scholars and the increase in the number of their works, especially in the Yang achievement is most prominent. This chapter, the representative of textology in the Yangshen for this period to discuss before Ming dynasty Mencius textology.To sum up, in this paper, the Ming dynasty before Mencius ZhuanTiShi was carried out from four aspects of research, make up for the deficiency of the scholars in this field of research, as the study of the Ming dynasty Mencius made new accumulation.