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A Study On Yan Yuan ’s Shi Gong Ethical Thought

Posted on:2021-09-09Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X Y ZhaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2505306098459964Subject:Philosophy
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In the history of Chinese thought,Yan Yuan’s Shi Gong ethical thought are unique.They came into being during the period of self-criticism in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.As an enlightenment scholar,Yan Yuan constructed an ethics of Shi Gong ethical thought centered on "San Shi San Wu" on the basis of his empty talk about the critical process of Neo-Confucianism.To mediate the heaven and earth,benefit the people and do things beneficial to the world.Yan Yuan,headed by learning from Shi Gong,put forward the view of righteousness and benefit,which is "Pursuing the interests reasonably under the premise of fairness",explaining the inevitability and rationality of interests,and also affirming the interconnection between personal interests and national interests.His Shi Gong ethical thought was inherited from Hu Yuan,Chen Liang and Wang Anshi,and he developed his own opinions on the basis of it.By refuting the Song and Ming Confucianism,the authors summarized the view that there is no difference between qi and temperament.Yan Yuan’s ethical thought of benefit the society,and he advocates the cultivation of talented people,oppose meditation and promote the learning of the Liu Fu San Shi San Wu.Yan Yuan encourage people to correctly understand the moral concepts of Pursuing the interests reasonably under the premise of fairness,to recognize that people want to be reasonable,and sages and mortals can not be separated from the pursuit of their own reasonable interests.Only the development of personal interests can drive the economic development of the country and society.As for the cultivation of morality,Yan Yuan advocates moral education and cultivation through practice.He proposed that there is no difference between the saint and the mediocre nature,but the degree of effort is different.The proposal of Yan Yuan’s ethical thought has great reference significance for the social development of the country today,and it is necessary to correctly understand and grasp the relationship between morality and interest in improving China’s socialist market economic system,regulating the relationship between personal interests and national interests.Learning in practice is conducive to the nation’s nation’s pedagogy,it highlights the concept of comprehensive development,moral cultivation of labor and self-cultivation,advocates that people should be independent and self-reliant,and strive for self-improvement,focusing on the relationship between the individual and the country,and for the economy Development and national economy and people’s livelihood play a certain role.
Keywords/Search Tags:Yan Yuan, Shi Gong ethical thought, practice, moral cultivation
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