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A Comparison of Tian between "The Book of Changes","Book of Rites"and "Chuang-Tzu"

Sun Xing-che

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In the whole development process of philosophy in China,Chinese philosophers not only understand the man from the nature,but also try to understand the nature by human-centered,produced the thoughts that unity of nature and man.In this sense,it's sensible for Chinese philosophy to develope the topic centered by the thought——unity of nature and man.The essence of the thought in chinese philosophy is the uniform of law and humanity,speaking in details,it regards the existence principle of the universe,operation rules with human existence and moral norms as a whole.But the view about nature of the Taoism is different from Confucianism.Confucianism deals with human affairs by natural laws,draw the natural laws as the basis of the order of human society.Taoism understands person through nature and regard it as a part of the natural world.The two different views from Taoism and Confucianism formed the different outlooks on world and life in Chinese philosophy.

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In the whole development process of philosophy in China,Chinese philosophers not only understand the man from the nature,but also try to understand the nature by human-centered,produced the thoughts that unity of nature and man.In this sense,it's sensible for Chinese philosophy to develope the topic centered by the thought——unity of nature and man.The essence of the thought in chinese philosophy is the uniform of law and humanity,speaking in details,it regards the existence principle of the universe,operation rules with human existence and moral norms as a whole.But the view about nature of the Taoism is different from Confucianism.Confucianism deals with human affairs by natural laws,draw the natural laws as the basis of the order of human society.Taoism understands person through nature and regard it as a part of the natural world.The two different views from Taoism and Confucianism formed the different outlooks on world and life in Chinese philosophy.

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In the whole development process of philosophy in China,Chinese philosophers not only understand the man from the nature,but also try to understand the nature by human-centered,produced the thoughts that unity of nature and man.In this sense,it's sensible for Chinese philosophy to develope the topic centered by the thought——unity of nature and man.The essence of the thought in chinese philosophy is the uniform of law and humanity,speaking in details,it regards the existence principle of the universe,operation rules with human existence and moral norms as a whole.But the view about nature of the Taoism is different from Confucianism.Confucianism deals with human affairs by natural laws,draw the natural laws as the basis of the order of human society.Taoism understands person through nature and regard it as a part of the natural world.The two different views from Taoism and Confucianism formed the different outlooks on world and life in Chinese philosophy.

Key concepts: Taoism, Tian, Humanity, Natural law, Philosophy, Natural (archaeology), China, Epistemology

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