The Problem Of Life, Death And Sacrifice In The Perspective Of Zhu Xi's Theory Of Li And Qi

Confucianism's view of life and death,since the beginning of Confucius,has laid the foundation for the ‘ You do not yet know about the living,how can you know about the death?'.As the scholar who epitomized the thought of textual research during the Southern Song Dynasty,Zhu Xi,faced with the impact and challenge of Buddhism,Taoism and folk superstition,gradually proposed a more complete Confucian theory of life and death,as well as cosmology with Li and Qi for the core category.This theory attempts to make a metaphysical basis in the aspect of ontology for ultimate and the other shore problems such as life and death,ghosts,sacrifices.This paper believes that Zhu Xi's view of life and death takes the basic position of Confucianism as the starting point and takes Li as the core category to face the fundamentals of life and death,at the same time to explain the manifestation of ghosts and gods with qi.Zhu Xi wants to respond to the challenges of Buddhism and Taoism,to remove evil spirits and to correct the people with this set of life and death views with naturalistic tendencies and rational qualities.At the same time,he must uphold the rationality of Confucian patriarchal ethics practice-sacrifice.When answering the inner logic of sacrificial rituals with qi and ghost theory,Zhu Xi's thoughts presented the contradiction between Confucianism and his rational philosophical thinking.In the end,the method how Zhu Xi solved this problem lies in the individual's practice.History has proved that Zhu Xi's interpretation of the problem of life,death,ghosts and gods has become a typical representative of the Confucian view of life and death in the post-Song Dynasty.