A Study On The Thought Of "Unity Of Heaven And Man" In Ximing

Based on the text of Ximing,this paper focuses on the basic connotation of Zhang Zai ’ s thought of “ the unity of heaven and man,” and then analyzes the social ideal and life concept of his thought of “ the unity of heaven and man,” and finally tries to explore its ideological characteristics and modern significance.The thesis is divided into five parts.The first chapter explains the ’ unity of heaven and man ’ thought in Ximing from the perspective of ’ born by nature ’.The paper points out that Zhang Zai ’ s“ unity of heaven and man ” mainly includes two links : one is “ born by nature ”;the second is ’ human to heaven ’.This chapter mainly includes two contents : First,through the interpretation of the theoretical connotation of ’ Taixu is Qi ’ and ’ Qianfu Kunmu ’,to explain the idea of gasification of life;second,through the analysis of heavenly heart and human heart,to clarify the creative power of heaven.The second chapter explains the thought of ’ the unity of heaven and man ’ in Ximing from the perspective of ’ human to heaven ’.This is the second link of “ the unity of heaven and man ”.This paper argues that ’ human nature ’ can be investigated through ’ action ’,’ nature ’ and ’ virtue ’.Specifically,the three aspects correspond to the three paths of “ human to heaven ” : pushing the heaven by doing things in person;change temperament to return to nature;conscious cultivation with the virtue of heaven.The third chapter mainly studies the survival theory of Ximing originated from the thought of ’ harmony between man and nature ’.Zhang Zai ’ s " unity of man and nature " thought has realistic concern,mainly reflected in two aspects of social ideal and life attitude.In Ximing corresponding are ’ the people and ’ and ’ cunshunning ’.Firstly,Zhang Zai constructed the social ideal of ’ people and things ’ by learning from the patriarchal ideology,thus expanding the scope of the object of benevolence and developing the early Confucian concept of benevolence;secondly,Zhang Zai pointed out that when people realize that one ’ s life and death are the result of gasification,then people should no longer stick to life and death,but should establish virtue as the direction of existence,to death is calm.This is Zhang Zai ’ s view of life and death.The fourth chapter summarizes the characteristics and modern significance of the thought of “ the unity of heaven and man ” in Ximing.Zhang Zai ’s thought of " the unity of man and nature " is not only embodied in the unity of knowledge and action of human body recognizing and conforming to heaven,but also embodied in the systematic theoretical construction of ontology,mind-nature theory and cultivation theory.This idea still has profound implications in modern society.Specifically,it is reflected in two aspects : one is to establish a harmonious nature with the idea of ’harmony between man and nature ’;the second is to improve people ’ s moral cultivation by taking virtue as the value standard of judges.Finally,it summarizes the thought of ’ the unity of heaven and man ’ in ’ Ximing ’and concludes with ’ Hengqu four sentences ’,and shows that the supreme realm of ’the unity of heaven and man ’ and ’ the unity of all things ’ is the ideal pursuit of people.People with insight should take “four sentences of Heng Qu ” as the motto and shoulder the mission of serving the world.