Research On Li Zhi's "True Heart" Thought And Its Ethical Value

The word "true" have a transcendental nature in the eyes of Taoism." True " is connected with "Tao".After the "heart" in the Song and Ming philosophers absorbed the "true" connotation of the Taoist family and put forward the "true heart",the "heart" also became the heart under the "true" with transcendental nature,becoming the "Tao heart" ".For example,GengDingxiang believes that "true heart" is " Is kindness,etiquette,righteousness ",requiring people to go beyond the reality of the "life" desire to the ideal "natural".The original meaning of "heart" is the "human heart" with natural feelings,and it should become a special one.Li Zhi does not agree with such a "true heart" point of view.He believes that "true heart" itself contains the connotation of "people's heart." His "children's heart" is to pull "the true heart" from the sacredness of "natural reason" back to the existing material world.He said that "the heart of the child is also true," that is to say,the heart with material desire and the heart with natural feelings are "true heart".Therefore,Li Zhi used "children's heart" to expand the original "true heart" connotation.Since "children's heart" is to be born outside,personal selfishness and personal self-interest will inevitably appear.In order to protect this kind of selfishness and selfinterest,Li Zhi believes that it is possible to start from two aspects.One is that individuals should take the initiative because " Everyone can take control of themselves and have their own lives.Everyone is different." Secondly you must have your own opinion,and must not blindly follow others,he said that " Everyone has a role as a person,and they can find their place without relying on Confucius." At the same time,we must also believe in ourselves,because "Everyone and every thing from the moment of birth,has its own understanding of the world,but they don't know it,we can let them know that they were born with a sense of the surrounding." Further,in order to solve the problem of "evil" that relies on "children's heart",Li Zhi solved it in two ways in the theoretical framework of utilitarianism.The first is that human nature is "nothing good and no evil",and then "children's heart" is no good or evil,so as long as the "children's heart" is exerted and is not subject to external influence,there is no "evil" problem,and thus "children's heart" It is "true heart." The second is that the contradiction between people should be solved by taking the initiative and adhering to the concept of equality.These two solutions,because of the lack of discussion on " Morality and goodness",have been criticized by the people of the same period,but it is also the modern values contained in these two directions that are worth exploring.Li Zhi's “true heart” thought requires people to recognize and act in accordance with “children's heart”,then they must recognize and accept “self”.Therefore,Li Zhi raised the "self" to demonstrate the value of "people" and to refute the shackles of "Heaven's law".At the same time,Li Zhi's "self" is a limited "self",which refers to the self in the "vacuum" seeking "Tao",this "self" is based on the present nature and transcends the self,It interior contains the value of human “subjectivity”.The "exclusiveness" of the "self" and the recognition of the subjective value of human beings is the significance of this article.