A Study On Yang Xiong's Theory Of Human Nature

Yang Xiong's thought has played a significant role in the history of Chinese ancient thoughts.The age that Yang Xiong lived in was featured by the melting and repelling of hundreds schools of thoughts as well as the mixture of theories on human nature.In such a context,Yang Xiong constructed a relatively complete set of ideological system of the theories on human nature by integrating his ideas and reflections on human,society and the entire universe on the basis of the relevant ideas of his predecessor.In this set of ideological system of the theories on human nature,he had gained a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of human nature and put forward the view that human nature is mixed with goodness and evilness.Yang Xiong's thought on human nature breaks the barrier that human nature is categorized into three and brings the hope to be a saint to everyone.He advocates promoting the whole society to be good by guiding individuals to the good to stabilize society.The paper reviews and researches the social and theoretical bases for Yang Xiong's thought on human nature,systematically sorts out and analyzes the main connotations of Yang Xiong's thought on human nature,and objectively evaluates and elaborates the historical influence and modern value of Yang Xiong's thought on human nature.The paper is composed of three chapters as follows.Chapter one mainly elaborates the generation of Yang Xiong's thought on human nature.Based on the social and theoretical bases for Yang Xiong's thought on human nature,the conditions of society and times and academic theoretical background of Yang Xiong's thought on human nature are reviewed and analyzed.Chapter two conducts concrete analysis and research of the connotations of Yang Xiong's thought on human nature and reveals the essence of Yang Xiong's view that human nature is mixed with goodness and evilness.Chapter three comments on Yang Xiong's thought on human nature.The paper also considers the special features of Yang Xiong's thought,affirms its influence and status in history and explores its modern value.