| The Zhouyi is the theoretical basis for ancient scholars to observe and explain the universe and nature,and contains a simple philosophical view of nature and a scientific way of thinking.The Zhouyi has been regarded as a classic work by various schools of thought and has been studied in the form of commentaries,among which Confucianism,represented by Confucius,has been the most influential,and the treatises related to it have formed a large system of Yi-ology.The "I Ching" trigrams and lines of words are mostly about good and bad regrets,so since ancient times,most scholars regard it as a divination book.Confucius interpreted the I Ching by virtue,saying that the purpose of learning the I Ching is to seek only "virtue",and to integrate the "virtue" hidden in the Zhouyi into Confucianism,and to cultivate virtue as a lifelong career.The Zhouyi was written around the same time as the Analects of Confucius,and the Analects of Confucius had already been interpreted by the Zhouyi.The interpretation of the Analects by the Yi not only presents the Confucian face of Yi thought,but also testifies to the origin and breakthrough of Confucian thought.Therefore,based on the natural view of Yi-ology,this paper explores the Confucian theory of "virtue" and deconstructs the chapter "Taibo" from the classic Confucian book "The Analects of Confucius",with the intention of profoundly expounding the Confucian ideology of cultivating the body into virtue and the unity of heaven and man."Virtue" originated from the "sky",which is the ancient sage to look up and look down at the natural objects of the elephant to get.Zhouyi trigrams and lines of the elephant rhetoric are followed by the principle of viewing things and taking the elephant,so as to develop the virtue of the Zhouyi.Understanding Yi is the way to understand Confucianism.To interpret the Confucian concept of nature,we must base on the concept of nature in Yi.The natural view of Yi-ology is structured on a macro level through the eight trigrams of yin and yang,and then on a micro level based on the transformation of yin and yang into the five elements,and the flow of the five elements into each other.Under the natural view of Yi-ology,man follows and follows the way of heaven and earth,whether it is the virtue of heaven and earth,the virtue of the nine trigrams,or the five virtues of Confucianism,the point of departure is in the practice of virtue,and the virtue of virtue becomes its virtue.The concept of cultivating one’s body and virtue can be clarified by combining the specific people and events in the book "Analects of Confucius Taibo".The purpose of cultivating one’s own virtue is to cultivate one’s body into virtue to transform the world with virtue.The purpose of exploring the connotation of the Confucian idea of "virtue" from the perspective of the natural view of Yi-ology is to present the concept of the unity of heaven and man and to promote the humanistic spirit of Confucianism.There are four chapters in the whole paper.The first chapter discusses the meaning of "virtue" in Confucianism and Zhouyi,divided into three sections: Confucius and virtue,the concept of life and the prevalence of virtue,and the observation of objects and the cultivation of virtue.The second chapter discusses the internal logic of "virtue" in the context of the natural view of Yi-ology.The virtue of humanity is based on the virtue of heaven and earth,with the five virtues of benevolence,righteousness,propriety,wisdom,and faith based on the theory of the five elements of yin and yang,and the virtue of the nine trigrams in accordance with the law of man and the earth to save cultivation.The third chapter is the manifestation of the meaning of virtue in the book of "The Analects of Confucius Taibo",analyzing the main concept of virtue in the book of "Taibo" with the internal logic of "virtue",and revealing the interconnection between virtue and Tao.The fourth chapter is about the value and practical significance of virtue in the context of the natural view of Yi-ology. |
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