HU Yuan's Outlook on the Way of Heaven and That on the Relationship between Nature and Emotions Reflected in His Zhou yi kou yi

HU Yuan's outlook on heaven and human accords to the tradition from the Han(206 BCE-220 CE) to Tang(618-907) dynasties and initiated the views of the Song(960-1279) and Ming(1368-1644) dynasties.In the outlook on the Way of Heaven,on the basis of succeeding the Han scholars' theory of cosmos creation from the primordial Qi(vital energy),he contends that Taj ji(the Grand Ultimate) was the initiator of the cosmic genesis,whereas Tai xu(the Great Void) is but an existing tate of Tai ji.In addition,he set forth outlook that heaven is the substance while Qian(Ξ) functions.His outlook on the relationship between nature and emotions was based on his cosmology.He divided nature into two kinds: heaven-earth nature which is purely good and human nature.The latter is endowed by the former.He insists that emotions are either correct or incorrect,and the latter is the cause leading to evilness.Thus he set forth practical approaches such as abstaining from incorrect emotions,governing nature by purifying the heart/mind and nourishing the vital force.His outlook on the Way of heaven and that on the relationship between nature and emotions were further developed in CHENG Yi(1033-1107) and ZHANG Zai's(1020-1078) thoughts.