The Suppression Of "Evil" By The Filial Piety Of The Analects Of Confucius

Confucianism opposes punishment of human nature,but advocates that the rational person consciously and autonomously exterminate the evil and follow the good,upright moral personality,that is to say,it understands the question of good and evil as transcendental religious issues,and seeks an absolute value based on good will.Because of the violation of the spirit of etiquette and the appearance of "unfilial"behavior,Confucius tried to restrain it by strengthening the divine and transcendental dimension of ritual.Filial piety can inject vitality into the ritual system because it is steeped in the spirit of "tolerance"."Filial piety" is an idea of the ontological level of Confucianism,which is rooted in the incapacity of the noumenon of the mind.The emotional expression of "qi" strengthens the close relationship between "propriety"and the the subject and the transcendence of "propriety".Confucius did not have an abhorrence of the "evil" of human nature,Rather,it is acutely aware of the seeds of"good" behind it;"Sou" is the awakening of the consciousness of good and evil,and the discovery of "Sou" opens the door to "the theory of sexual goodness".Since filial piety and evil consciousness are at the level of "Xin",it can be said that filial piety has the function to solve the problem of evil;On the other hand,because filial piety itself is a metaphysical ontology,it is the nature of "heart",deviation from the main line means the appearance of evil.