A Brief Discussion of the Doctrine of Mean of Zhu Hsi——Center on variorum on the Doctrine of the Mean & enquire of the Doctrine of the Mean

The idea of the Doctrine of the Mean which combined self-cultivation,managing home affairs then controlling the country and then the whole world well in method and stage,led to the highest stage of human accomplishment—Taoism.The Doctrine of Mean not only reflected on the way which the ruling class managing the country in the federal society,but also on the virtue of federal scholars’ self-cultivation.Zhu Hsi inherited Confucius’ philosophy of The Doctrine of Mean.He emphasized from the perspective of Zisi’s centre and harmonious in theory,and developed and reconstruct in a broad way.After Zhu Hsi’s reconstruction,the Doctrine of Mean since the Confucius time was totally in the course of Neo-Confucianism;hence a new Doctrine of Mean is developed.