Study On Wang Gen's Plebification Confucianism

In the Ming dynasty,because of the great change of current situation,the superior Confucianism has turned into substratum.Just in the special period,Wang Gen's Plebification Confucianism becomes thriving.As one of the most famous scholar of post-Yang Ming School,Wang Gen comes up with some characteristic theories,such as Common People's Daily Earthly Life Is Tao,Huai Nan investigation of things and Teaching,but it also causes many controversies,as a result,his theories are called heterodoxy and suffers criticize.But when we date back to his epoch,we can find that Wang Gen's theories are not only comply with the real situation,but also has its inner thinking.His most famous theories are based on Yang Ming's Conscience.He inherits as well as develops Yang Ming's Conscience theory,and uses Common People's Daily Earthly Life Is Tao as his slogan,teaches among the average people and finally gets better and better responses.Common People's Daily Earthly Life Is Tao,Huai Nan investigation of things and teaching are the main parts of his Common Confucianism.He broadens the range of Tao from sage to civilian,enriches the Tao's connotation,the Huai Nan investigation makes the value of common people's life more prominent.In the present circumstances of studying,most of the researchers have paid more attention on the new factors of Wang Gen's theories that are quite different with traditional Confucianism.But because of the special history environment,his theories are more influenced by the environment.On the other hand,with the economy developing,it brings about a series of results,the bounds between different classes become more and more fuzzy.In the former society,the main ideology is still Neo-Confucianism,but Wang Gen has more innovative thinkings,he also has the trend of radicalness,he comes up with a series of reformative thoughts and he doesn't abandon the traditional Confucianism all the way.This thesis puts Wang Gen's theories into the specific history developing period,in order to have a better understanding of his Common People's Daily Earthly Life Is Tao,Huai Nan investigation of things and teaching theories,comprehensive analysis the peculiarities and the abundant study values in his theories.