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The Northern Song neo-Confucianism under the vision of hermeneutics of the Yi-ology

GU Ji-ming

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Traditional Chinese philosophy develops along with the exegesis of the classics,for instance,the transformation of the hermeneutics of the Zhouyi directly led to the emergence and development of the neo-Confucianism in the Northern Song Dynasty.Ancient Chinese hermeneutics of the classics consists of interpreted object,interpreting subject,and the classics interpretation which conceives hermeneutic patterns,connotations and styles.As for the hermeneutics of the Yi-ology in the Northern Song Dynasty,philosophical connotations is stressed in its linguistic system;and its inner logic sticks to the harmony of and phenomenon of that noumenon and function are from the same source,at the same time,the distinctive theories for cultivation and moral practice are originally established;the extracted connotations embody the unity of heavenly Dao and human nature destiny,and the substance is endowed with axiological significance.It was through the hermeneutics of the Yi-ology that the neo-Confucianism transformed Confucianism from the Xuan Xue(lit.Dark Learning)and was able to contend against Buddhism and Daoism.Moreover,the neo-Confucian exegesis of the Zhouyi also fused Mencius,The Doctrine of the Mean and Yi Zhuan.

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Traditional Chinese philosophy develops along with the exegesis of the classics,for instance,the transformation of the hermeneutics of the Zhouyi directly led to the emergence and development of the neo-Confucianism in the Northern Song Dynasty.Ancient Chinese hermeneutics of the classics consists of interpreted object,interpreting subject,and the classics interpretation which conceives hermeneutic patterns,connotations and styles.As for the hermeneutics of the Yi-ology in the Northern Song Dynasty,philosophical connotations is stressed in its linguistic system;and its inner logic sticks to the harmony of and phenomenon of that noumenon and function are from the same source,at the same time,the distinctive theories for cultivation and moral practice are originally established;the extracted connotations embody the unity of heavenly Dao and human nature destiny,and the substance is endowed with axiological significance.It was through the hermeneutics of the Yi-ology that the neo-Confucianism transformed Confucianism from the Xuan Xue(lit.Dark Learning)and was able to contend against Buddhism and Daoism.Moreover,the neo-Confucian exegesis of the Zhouyi also fused Mencius,The Doctrine of the Mean and Yi Zhuan.

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Traditional Chinese philosophy develops along with the exegesis of the classics,for instance,the transformation of the hermeneutics of the Zhouyi directly led to the emergence and development of the neo-Confucianism in the Northern Song Dynasty.Ancient Chinese hermeneutics of the classics consists of interpreted object,interpreting subject,and the classics interpretation which conceives hermeneutic patterns,connotations and styles.As for the hermeneutics of the Yi-ology in the Northern Song Dynasty,philosophical connotations is stressed in its linguistic system;and its inner logic sticks to the harmony of and phenomenon of that noumenon and function are from the same source,at the same time,the distinctive theories for cultivation and moral practice are originally established;the extracted connotations embody the unity of heavenly Dao and human nature destiny,and the substance is endowed with axiological significance.It was through the hermeneutics of the Yi-ology that the neo-Confucianism transformed Confucianism from the Xuan Xue(lit.Dark Learning)and was able to contend against Buddhism and Daoism.Moreover,the neo-Confucian exegesis of the Zhouyi also fused Mencius,The Doctrine of the Mean and Yi Zhuan.

Key concepts: Hermeneutics, Philosophy, Exegesis, Noumenon, Literature, Epistemology, Subject (documents), Chinese philosophy

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