The View Of Five-phases And Spiritual Pursuit Of Mencius

Through the study on（Mengzi）and the unearthed relic of Chu Jian,Book copied onsilk, The scholars of our country found that Mencius said “five-phases” specific meaningshould be “Charity、Righteousness、Ceremony、Wisdom、Saint”，five kind of virtue.Rather than “Wu chang” refer to “Charity，Righteousness，Ceremony，Wisdom，Sincerity” or the earlier Warring States refer to “Jin Mu fire and water and soil”.The “five-phasess” of Si Meng school investigate human nature from humanconscience, that “Charity、Righteousness、Ceremony、Wisdom” four endpoint, these arespecific performance and the foundation of goodness of human nature. Saint, higher thanfour endpoint，command the four together, ascribe as human avenue. The method of“Deposit heart” and “foster spirit” could make people becoming “real man”, whose fullof “noble spirit”, and be interlinked of heaven avenue that has “great morality”. Thatman and nature “virtue-in-one”, is to Mencius spirit pursuit——The harmony betweenman and nature, and become the highest goal of Mencius.First this paper trace back to the trajectory of the idea of original “five-phases”development to Mencius, elicit his idea of “five-phases” which contains five virtue“Charity、Righteousness、Ceremony、Wisdom、Saint”. Start form human heart “fourendpoints”, discuss the goodness of human nature, to understand the core category of“the charity” of Mencius. Extension and original creation as “co-in charity andrighteousness”. Through the expound of Mencius idea of goodness of human nature andfive-phases. From the prior moral level of human qualitative, and then,from the tworespects of the gentleman himself and the administration of ruler, to elaborate Mencius’main method of culture, and the ideal personality of “real man”, and sublimation thespirit pursuit of “The harmony between man and nature”. The idea of “five-phases” ofMencius include human whole moral character, the influence of the social ideology lateris great. Among them, the greatest impact are Zou Yan，Dong Zhongshu and Zhu Xi.They inheritance and evolution Mencius’ ideas, and make more far-reaching influence onthe ruling class ideology and the examination system.